Kulthum or Kulsum () is an Arabic female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It means, "someone with a beautiful face" or someone who comprehends people . It is feminized as "Umm Kulthum" (Kulthum's mother). People who had this name: *

Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum (; 31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptians, Egyptian singer and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title (). Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Umm Kul ...

Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif (Punjabi, ; ''née'' Butt; 29 March 1948 – 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three times during the governments of Nawaz Sharif. She was the Presid ...

, the wife of

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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...

Kalsoom Perveen Kalsoom Parveen (; 1945 – December 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan, Senate from March 2003 until her death on 21 December 2020. Education She did Bachelor of Education from the Balochistan Uni ...

, a Pakistani Politician and a Member of Senate of Pakistan * Kulsoom Abdullah, a Pakistan American weightlifter *

Kulsum Zamani Begum Bahadur Shah II, (Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah ''Zafar'' (; ''Zafar'' ), was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and a Hindustani poet. His spouse ...

(1832-1902), Indian princess, daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar the last Mughal Emperor of India *Kulsum Begum, builder of the

Kulsum Begum Masjid The Kulsum Begum Masjid, also known as the Kulsumpura Masjid and as the Jama Masjid Karwan, is a mosque located in the Karwan locality of Hyderabad, in the Hyderabad district of the state of Telangana, India. It was built in the 17th century b ...

, 17th-century princess of the Golconda Sultanate in southern India People using it in their

matronymic A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patrony ...

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

or surname include: *

Amr ibn Kulthum ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm ibn Mālik ibn ʿAttāb ʾAbū Al-ʾAswad al-Taghlibi (; 526–584) was a poet and chieftain of the Taghlib tribe in pre-Islamic Arabia. One of his poems was included in the ''Mu'allaqat''. He is the grandson of the poet Abu L ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kulthum (Name) Arabic-language feminine given names Feminine given names

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