Mahîr

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mahîr is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 751(inferred from the name graph)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 1.6K
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 2.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈32,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 751 (inferred from the name graph)

Azerbaijan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MahîrLatin(measured from records)
МахирCyrillic(measured from records)
მაჰირGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mahir in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Hünerli, becerikli, elinden iş gelen kimse.

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mahîr counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mahîr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#466≈32,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Mahir100
AZ Azerbaijan#175≈14,000 est.≈1 in 751289Mahir52
SY Syria#431≈12,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Mahir7
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#221≈4,000 est.≈1 in 952—Mahir22
DE Germany—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 37K—Mahir100
US United States—1,3691 in 243K1.4KMahir176
XK Kosovo—≈580 est.≈1 in 3.3K469Mahir5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mahîr is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, Syria

    Also written Mahir, Màhīr, Māhir, Måĥïr, Mâhir

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mahîr under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mahîr a male or female name?
Mahîr is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Mahîr have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Mahîr in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mahir.
How common is the name Mahîr?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,369 people named Mahîr in 2020, about 1 in 243 thousand residents.
How common is Mahîr compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Mahîr is the 466th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mahîr” — the 466th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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