Given name
Mahavir
“great hero”
Mahavir is used as a given name. One Sanskrit interpretation is “great hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “great hero.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
Its Sanskrit formation brings together maha- (“great”) and vira (“hero”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mahavir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mahavir’s family of names
Mahavir has a related form in Mahavira.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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