Given name & surname
Mahra
“a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful”
Mahra is a variant of Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahra is a variant of Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mahra is a variant of Mara. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mahra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 0 boys · 87 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,537 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,537 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mahra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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