Kaniz was a term that referred to a female slave or slave concubine in Safavid Iran. Kaniz may also refer to:

Given name Kaniz Kaniz Fatema Ahmed (born 1956), Bangladeshi politician Kaniz Ali (born 1985), Bangladeshi-born British makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist Kanizat Ibrahim (born 1975), Comoran business manager and football administrator Kaniz Wajid Khan (1920–2021), Pakistani social activist and civil servant Kaniz Fatema Roksana (1955–1984), Bangladeshi female commercial pilot Kaniz Suborna, Bangladeshi pop singer

Kenizé Kenizé Mourad (born 1939), French journalist and novelist

Places Tappeh Kaniz, a village in Qorqori District, Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

See also Kaneez (disambiguation)