Mahirah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Mahirah by the numbers
Mahirah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mahirah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mahirah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mahiraskilled; proficient; expert69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairah10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Mariyahof the sea or star of the sea; a form of maria246 in the US (2017)
- Makiyahwho is like god; a respelling of Micaiah117 in the US (2017)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mahirah
Names that are said the same way as Mahirah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)
- Maryastar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mary10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marayahvision of the lord; a form of Mariah11 in the US (2017)
- Maheerapowerful, mighty; feminine form of mahir3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maherapowerful, mighty; a form of Maheera3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mahirah
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