Mehrad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-RAHD
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Mehrad is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Mehrad mean?
Persian: Persian name beginning with mehr 'love, kindness, sun'
Its first element, mehr, is the Persian word for love and kindness, from the name of the ancient deity Mithra.
Is Mehrad a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehrad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehrad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Mehrad, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Mehrad of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Mehrad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
Names like Mehrad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mahad, Murad, Fahad, Hammad, Azad, Ahad, Mahmoud, Musa, Musab, Ahmed, Mehmed
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, “Mehrad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehrad, updated 20 October 2026.