Mahesa

given name · Latin script

Meaning: name for Siva (god of destruction)

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

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

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 205K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 291K

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

name for Siva (god of destruction)

Sources 1

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mahesa 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 Mahesa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia≈14,000 est.≈1 in 19KlistedMahesa2
TW Taiwan≈120 est.≈1 in 205K—Mahesa4
MY Malaysia≈110 est.≈1 in 291K—Mahesa7
TZ Tanzania≈110 est.≈1 in 522K—Mahesa6
VN Vietnam≈19 est.≈1 in 5.3M—Mahesa3
SG Singapore≈12 est.≈1 in 515K—Mahesa4
GY Guyana11 in 750K1—1

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: the id-github-names register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Mahesa is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Singapore

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Mahesa', 'Mahesa

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maheśa, Mahēśa

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, France

    Also written Mahésa

  • Hindi given name148 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla

    Also written Mahesh, Mahesha, Maheshi, Mohesh, মহেশ

22 further groups 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)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Mahesa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520251#593
ID IndonesiaKPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mahesa mean, and where does it come from?
name for Siva (god of destruction) Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
Is Mahesa a male or female name?
Mahesa 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 Mahesa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Mahesa in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mahesa.
How common is the name Mahesa?
In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Mahesa in 2025, about 1 in 750 thousand residents.

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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, “Mahesa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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