Mhairi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Mhairi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies).
What does Mhairi mean?
Hebrew: Scottish Gaelic form of Mary
Scottish Gaelic form of Mary, from Mairi; the initial Mh is said as a V, and the meaning of Mary itself is disputed.
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Is Mhairi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mhairi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mhairi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Mhairi, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 96 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mhairi in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales and 359th in Scotland.
Mhairi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 40 | #741 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 55 | #571 |
| 2000 | 77 | #444 |
| 1999 | 96 | #378 |
| 1998 | 68 | #486 |
| 1997 | 80 | #443 |
| 1996 | 83 | #421 |
Names like Mhairi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miri, Suki, Kiki, Mairi, Molly, Tori, Naomi, Hannah, Rumi, Sarah, Mika, Anna
Names related to Mhairi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Mhairi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mhairi, updated 20 October 2026.