Mehtab is a unisex given name and surname of Persian origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Mehtab (actress) (1913–1997), Indian actress Mehtab Abbasi (born 1953), Pakistani politician Mehtab Hossain (born 1985), Indian footballer and coach Mehtab Kadınefendi (1830–1888), wife Sultan Abdülmecid I Mehtab Kaur (1782–1813), Indian noblewoman Mehtab Kaur of Patiala (1922–2017), Indian noblewoman Mehtab Sangma (born 1985), Indian politician Mehtab Singh (disambiguation), multiple people

Surname Nusrit Mehtab, English police officer

See also Mehtab Bagh, charbagh complex in Agra, North India Mahtab, an alternative transliteration