Mehar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEH-har
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #836 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Mehar is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “grace, kindness”. In 2025 it ranked 836th for girls in the UK (46 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Mehar mean?
Persian: Punjabi and Urdu word from Persian mehr
“grace, kindness”
In Punjabi and Urdu, mehar means kindness or divine grace.
Is Mehar a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the UK and 62 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Mehar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #836among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 6,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were named Mehar, making it the 836th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 51 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mehar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were given Mehar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #534, up from #836 for this spelling alone.
- Mehar 46
- Meher 31
In 2024, 93% of the babies named Mehar in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales.
Mehar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #836 |
| 2024 | 51 | #795 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Mehar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,751among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Mehar, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. It first appears in the records in 1998. 5 boys were also named Mehar in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Mehar of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Mehar in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were given Mehar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,439, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
- Meher 64
- Mehar 62
Mehar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Mehar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Hafsa Nusaybah Ayra Rahma Raya Hiba Fajar Safaa Rehmat
Other spellings of Mehar
Names related to Mehar
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mehar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehar, updated 20 October 2026.