Maha

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maha is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name37K records spelled Maha5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iraq, Morocco

  Also written Mahá, Maḥā, Mahā, Mạha

• French given name16K records spelled Maha39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mahà, Måhå, Máhà, Måhä, Mãhâ

• Turkish given name9.5K records spelled Maha10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Iraq, India

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

  Also written Mãhâ, Måhâ, Mahá, Mähâ

• Indonesian given name8.4K records spelled Maha9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Syria

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Maha, Maha', Màha, Mãhã, Máhá

• Arabic given name4.3K records spelled Maha169 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, France, Spain, Morocco

  Languages: Arabic, French, English

  Also written Moha, মহা, Moho, Mohà, মোহ

• Thai given name2.4K records spelled Maha24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, India, United States, Syria

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written มหา, มีหา, มูหา, Mahachon, มาฮา

• Swahili given name2.3K records spelled Maha3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, Syria

  Also written Màhá

• Sinhala given name2.0K records spelled Maha13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Sri Lanka, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Mahi, Mihi, Mahee, 'Maha, Muhu

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Beautiful eyes

  as a name·The book of African names

• In Arabic, wild cow (representing beauty)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Maha är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’oryx’ (en antilopart). Namnet symboliserar en kvinna med stora ögon vilket ses som ett skönhetsdrag.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Just like a moon,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 102 years between 1907–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maha Chakkraphatb. 1506THRuler of Ayutthaya
• Maha Thammarachab. 1514THking of Siam
• Maha Abu Aufb. 1956EGEgyptian actress (1956–2022)
• Maha Al Muneefb. 1960SASaudi Arabian doctor
• Maha Haradab. 1962JPJapanese novelist
• Maha Hajb. 1970ILPalestinian screenwriter and film director
• Maha Alib. 1973JOJordanian politician
• Maha Haddiouib. 1988MAMoroccan golfer (1988-)
• Maha Amerb. 1999EGEgyptian diver
• Maha Al-SaatiSASaudi Arabian filmmaker

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 462 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maha?

We estimate roughly 7.0 thousand people bear Maha (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Maha have the most bearers?

Maha is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled maha.

How common is Maha compared with other names?

In Kuwait, Maha is the 32nd most common given name of 12,199 given names recorded there.

Is Maha a male or female name?

Maha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Maha mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘Wild cow’. Wild cows are admired for their large, beautiful eyes.