Kulthum or Kulsum () is an Arabic female given name. 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, Egyptian singer and actress Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, the wife of 12th Prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif Kalsoom Perveen, a Pakistani Politician and a Member of Senate of Pakistan Kulsoom Abdullah, a Pakistan American weightlifter Kulsum Zamani Begum (1832–1902), Indian princess, daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar the last Mughal Emperor of India Kulsum Begum, builder of the Kulsum Begum Masjid, 17th-century princess of the Golconda Sultanate in southern India People using it in their matronymic/patronymic or surname include: Amr ibn Kulthum
See also Umm Kulthum (name) Kalsoom Kulthum (crater), on Mercury Arabic name
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