# Mehboob (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mehboob/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “beloved” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mahbub, Mahboob |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic محبوب (maḥbūb, “beloved”).

## What it means

Mehboob is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَحْبُوب
- Hindi: महबूब
- Russian: Мехбуб

## People named Mehboob

- Mehboob Khan, film director (1906–1964)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.