Mahjoub (, ; from the adjective مَحْجُوب (maḥjūb) with the meaning "invisible", "veiled", "hidden", "covered", "blocked") is a Muslim Arabic male given name (it exists the female version Mahjouba ()) and surname. Other romanizations from the Arabic script include Mahdjoub, Mahjub, Mahdschub, Mahjoob, Mahgoub, Mahgub and Mahgoob. Notable people with this name include: Surname A. Monem Mahjoub (born 1963), Libyan linguist, philosopher, poet, historian, and political critic Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929–2011), French-Moroccan footballer Alireza Mahjoub (born 1958), Iranian politician Jamal Mahjoub (born 1966), British-Sudanese writer Javad Mahjoub (born 1991), Iranian judoka Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub (1924–1996), Iranian scholar Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub, Egyptian national imprisoned in Canada Morteza Mahjoub (born 1980), Iranian chess grandmaster Said Mustapha Mahdjoub, adopted Islamic name of the French soldier and mercenary Robert Denard (1929–2007) Semir Mahjoub (born 1964), Swedish-Tunisian businessman Masculine given name Mahjoub Haïda (born 1970), retired Moroccan middle distance runner Mahjoub Mohamed Salih (born 1929), Sudanese journalist Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014), Sudanese poet, teacher and activist Mahjoub Tobji (born 1942), retired Moroccan army commandant See also Mahjouba (disambiguation), name of two settlements in North Africa Mahjoubi, Maghrebi Arabic surname Mahjouba Oubtil (born 1982), Moroccan female boxer
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