Given name & surname
Mehran
Mehran is a masculine given name from Persian, ultimately from Middle Persian.
Original Persianمهران
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mehran comes from Persian, and ultimately from Middle Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Persian مهران (mehrân), from Middle Persian mtrʾn (mihrān).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mehran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 320
- 320 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,333 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,333 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 62.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,410 as a first name in 2020; 178 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.
Mehran’s family of names
In English usage, Mehran was borrowed from the Persian form مهران.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mehran
- Mehran Karimi NasseriIranian refugee who spent 18 years in a French airport1945–2022
- Mehran ModiriIranian actor, singer, and directorborn 1967
- Mehran RajabiIranian actorborn 1961
- Mehran AhmadiIranian actorborn 1973
- Mihran RaziSasanian military officer (d. 637)600–637
- Mehran ShahintabIranian basketball coach (born 1966)
- Mihran Bahram-i Chobinson of Bahram Chobin
- Mehran GhafurianIranian actor, film director and screenwriterborn 1974
- Mehran KardarIranian physicistborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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