Mahera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-HEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Mahera is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “skilful, expert”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mahera mean?
Arabic: spelling of Maheera, itself a spelling of Mahira
“skilful, expert”
Spelling of Mahira, the feminine of Arabic mahir 'skilled, expert'.
Meaning borrowed from Maheera.
Is Mahera a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Mahera, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mahera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
Names like Mahera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Halima, Hiba, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Maha, Mahira, Safiya, Huda
Names related to Mahera
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mahera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahera, updated 20 October 2026.