Given name & surname · also Arabic
Maha
“a woman with beautiful eyes”
Maha is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a woman with beautiful eyes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a woman with beautiful eyes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,019
- 0 boys · 2,019 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 79 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #2,764 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 62 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,764 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 2002. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,977 as a first name in 2020; 274 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maha’s family of names
Maha has a related form in Mahah. In Japanese usage, Maha is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 万葉.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Maha
- Maha Al MuneefSaudi Arabian doctorborn 1960
- Maha AliJordanian politicianborn 1973
- Maha Thammarachaking of Siam1514–1590
- Maha AmerEgyptian diverborn 1999
- Maha HajPalestinian screenwriter and film directorborn 1970
- Maha ChakkraphatRuler of Ayutthaya1506–1569
- Maha HussainiPalestinian journalist and human rights activist
- Maha HaddiouiMoroccan golfer (1988-)
- Maha ZeinEgyptian squash playerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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