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Meher

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Meaning

Kindness

Linguistic Origin

Persian

Islamic Classification

Islamic historical figure

Regional Usage

South Asia

Global Spellings

Arabic مهير
Urdu مہر
Persian مهر
Bengali মেহের
Pashto مهر
Graceful and timeless, the name Meher is a beautiful choice for a baby girl. The name holds the profound meaning of 'Kindness', reflecting qualities that parents often wish to bestow upon their child.

In Persian culture, names are more than labels; they are prayers. Meher is widely respected for its positive connotations. It is an excellent choice for a modern Muslim family honoring tradition.

Meher is built on the Persian root "mehr," which carries several related senses including sun, love, and kindness. Here it is translated as "kindness."

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Etymology

From the Persian مهر (mehr), 'sun, love, kindness' - from the ancient Mithra, retained as the seventh Iranian month and a core Persian value-word.

Notable Historical Usage

From the tenth century Persian became the literary and courtly language of the eastern Islamic world, carried by the Samanid, Ghaznavid, Seljuk, Timurid and Mughal courts and used in administration as far as Bengal. Its vocabulary of light, garden and heart supplied given names across that whole reach, alongside the Arabic religious stock, and still does.

Cultural / Regional Usage

Widely used across Persian- and Urdu-speaking Muslim communities.