Maha
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A kind of monkey; the wanderoo
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑːhɑː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. In Kuwait it is the 50th most common given name.
- KWKuwait≈1 in 713(inferred from the name graph)
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 915
- SYSyria≈1 in 1.1K
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.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 280 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 713 (inferred from the name graph)
≈91,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kuwait, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
‘Wild cow’. Wild cows are admired for their large, beautiful eyes.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Maha is read(measured from records)
Maha is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic41%
wild cow (representing beauty)
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Hindi24%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Maha in Hindi.
- English6.6%
A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Maha, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maha 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #121 | ≈91,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Maha | 146 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | listed | Maha | 61 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #72 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 915 | — | Maha | 160 |
| SY Syria | #121 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Maha | 41 |
| MA Morocco | #532 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Maha | 83 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #58 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Maha | 123 |
| US United States | — | 4,977 | 1 in 67K | 4.9K | Maha | 280 |
| KW Kuwait | #50 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 713 | — | Maha | 94 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Maha is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Wild cow’. Wild cows are admired for their large, beautiful eyes.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Beautiful eyes
as a nameThe book of African names
In Swedish, Maha är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’oryx’ (en antilopart). Namnet symboliserar en kvinna med stora ögon vilket ses som ett skönhetsdrag.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Just like a moon,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maha Chakkraphatb. 1506THRuler of Ayutthaya
- Maha Thammarachab. 1514THking of Siam
- Maha Abu Aufb. 1956EGEgyptian actress (1956–2022)
- Maha Al Muneefb. 1960SASaudi Arabian doctor
- Maha Haradab. 1962JPJapanese novelist
- Maha Hajb. 1970ILPalestinian screenwriter and film director
- Maha Alib. 1973JOJordanian politician
- Maha Haddiouib. 1988MAMoroccan golfer (1988-)
- Maha Amerb. 1999EGEgyptian diver
- Maha Al-SaatiSASaudi Arabian filmmaker
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 74 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.9K | #3,927 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 74 | #3,927 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 62 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Maha come from?
- ‘Wild cow’. Wild cows are admired for their large, beautiful eyes. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- In which country does Maha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 91 thousand people named Maha in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maha.
- How do you pronounce Maha?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑːhɑː/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- What does the name Maha mean?
- In English, A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
- Is Maha a male or female name?
- Maha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How common is the name Maha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,977 people named Maha in 2020, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
- How common is Maha compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Maha is the 121st most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Maha?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mahaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Maha” — the 121st most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.