Entry № 6706 · Persian origin

Mehrnaz Mehrnaz — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEHR-nahz /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Sun-graced (Shahnameh queen + Persian heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "sun-graced (shahnameh queen + persian heritage)".

Mehrnaz is from the Persian mehr (sun, love, kindness) + nāz (grace, coquetry, charm) — "sun-graced." Mehrnaz in Persian tradition — appears in the iconic Shahnameh — Mehr is also the pre-Islamic Iranian deity (Mithra) whose cult spread throughout the ancient world. Mehrnaz Mohseni — Iranian-American academic. Princess Mehrnaz — modern Persian naming.

Sun-graced (Shahnameh queen + Persian heritage) — a Persian name.

The name in its native script.

مهرناز
Transliteration
Mehrnāz
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛr.nɑːz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mehrnaz stands.

Mehrnaz 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.

Mehrnazs before her.

Real people
Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa
Iranian-American film scholar.
born 1956
In fiction
Mehrnaz
Shahnameh epic queen.
c. 1010

Names connected to Mehrnaz.

The number behind Mehrnaz.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mehrnaz reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.