Mehnaz
A girls’ name of Persian origin, meaning pride of the moon.
Mehnaz by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Mehnaz. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mehnaz. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mahnazmoon-faced or beautiful as the moon4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mehtabmoon; moonlight54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meharkindness; benevolence; sun46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meenaprecious stone; fish9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meghnafragrant cloud or mist13 in the US (2017)
- Mehakfragrance or aroma3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the moon
Like Mehnaz, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mehnaz
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