Mehnaz
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-NAAZ
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Mehnaz is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “moon + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Mehnaz mean?
Persian: mah 'moon' + naz 'grace, pride'
“moon + grace”
Is Mehnaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehnaz is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehnaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Mehnaz, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mehnaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Mehnaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Mehnaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Iqra, Zainab, Maha, Maham, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Naz, Maya, Farah, Mahnoor
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
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, “Mehnaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehnaz, updated 20 October 2026.