Mehnoor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- may-NOOR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Mehnoor is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “moon + light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Mehnoor mean?
Persian: spelling of Mahnoor, Persian mah + Arabic nur
“moon + light”
A spelling of Mahnoor, joining Persian mah, 'moon', with Arabic nur, 'light'.
Is Mehnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehnoor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,642nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 218% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Mehnoor, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Mehnoor of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mehnoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Mehnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Mehnoor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Mehnoor, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. It first appears in the records in 2017.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mehnoor of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Mehnoor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
Names like Mehnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mahnoor, Mehar, Raya, Ayah, Maya, Noor, Rehmat, Mirha, Safa, Ayat, Maham, Irha
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), 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, “Mehnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehnoor, updated 20 October 2026.