Mahir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “skilled.” In 2024 it was given to 122 boys in the United States.
Mahir belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “skilled” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Maher.
In the United States, Mahir first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1485 in 2024, and in 2024 122 babies received the name — 1,528 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mahir means “skilled” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mahir is a boy name. In 2024, 122 babies received the name in the US.
Mahir comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Maher.
Mahir first appears in US records in 1977. Its best-ever ranking was #1485 in 2024, and 122 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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