Mehraab
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- meh-RAAB
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Mehraab is a name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Mehraab mean?
Persian: spelling of Mehrab; Shahnameh name; also linked to Arabic mihrab, prayer niche
In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Mehrab is the king of Kabul and father of Rudaba, the mother of the hero Rostam.
Meaning borrowed from Mehrab.
Is Mehraab a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mehraab has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK.
How popular is Mehraab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Mehraab, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Mehraab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Mehrab 19
- Mehraab 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Mehraab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
Names like Mehraab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musab, Muhammad, Musa, Habib, Mahmoud, Haseeb, Mahad, Suhaib, Zohaib, Rabab, Ahmed, Fahad
Other spellings of Mehraab
Names related to Mehraab
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, “Mehraab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehraab, updated 20 October 2026.