Mahnaz
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-NAHZ
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Mahnaz is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “moon + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Mahnaz mean?
Persian: from mah 'moon' and naz 'grace, pride'
“moon + grace”
Is Mahnaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahnaz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahnaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Mahnaz, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahnaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Mahnaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Mahnaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Maya, Ayah, Maham, Hafsa, Summer, Hiba, Raya, Mahsa, Safaa, Meerab
Names related to Mahnaz
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Mahnaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahnaz, updated 20 October 2026.