Entry № 6263 · Persian origin

Mahtab Mahtab — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-tahb /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Moonlight"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "moonlight".

Mahtab (مهتاب) is the Persian compound of mah (moon) and tab (light, radiance) — meaning "moonlight." Widely used in Iran and Afghanistan.

Mahtab Keramati (born 1972), the Iranian actress, is a contemporary bearer.

Moonlight. The Persian compound.

The name in its native script.

مهتاب
Transliteration
Mahtāb
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.tɑːb /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahtab stands.

Mahtab 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.

Mahtabs before her.

Real people
Mahtab Keramati
Iranian actress.
born 1972
In fiction
Mahtab
Common in Persian poetry.

Names connected to Mahtab.

The number behind Mahtab.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahtab reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.