Entry № 6217 · Arabic origin

Maha Maha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-hah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Wild gazelles"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "wild gazelles".

Maha (مها) is the Arabic word for "wild gazelles" or "oryx" — animals associated with grace and beauty in Arab poetry. The eyes of gazelles are the classical comparison for beautiful women's eyes in classical Arabic poetry.

Maha is widely used across the Arab world.

Wild gazelles. The Arab eye of beauty.

The name in its native script.

مها
Transliteration
Mahā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maha stands.

Maha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mahas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Maha
Common in Arabic poetry.

Names connected to Maha.

The number behind Maha.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maha reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.