Mehr
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Mehr is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “love, kindness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Mehr mean?
Persian
“love, kindness”
In Persian, mehr means love or kindness and also the sun; it is the name of the seventh month of the Iranian calendar.
Is Mehr a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehr is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Mehr, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th.
2025 had the most girls named Mehr of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Mehr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Mehr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Mehr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Mehr, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Mehr in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mehr in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Mehr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Hiba, Noor, Ayra, Rahma, Abeeha, Raya
Names related to Mehr
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, “Mehr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehr, updated 20 October 2026.