Entry № 6837 · Turkish origin

Mihrimah Mihrimah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEER-ee-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
"Sun + moon (iconic Ottoman princess)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "sun + moon (iconic ottoman princess)".

Mihrimah is from the Persian mehr (sun) + māh (moon) — "sun and moon." A modern revival name in the broader vintage-Ottoman aesthetic. Mihrimah in modern Turkish naming — has experienced revival following the Magnificent Century TV phenomenon. Princess Mihrimah — modern Turkish royal heritage naming.

Sun + moon.

The name in its native script.

مهرماه
Transliteration
Mihrimah
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɪər.iː.mɑː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mihrimah stands.

Mihrimah 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.

Mihrimahs before her.

Real people
Mihrimah Sultan
Ottoman princess + patron of Mimar Sinan mosques.
1522 – 1578
In fiction
Mihrimah
Magnificent Century (2011-14).
2011

Names connected to Mihrimah.

The number behind Mihrimah.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mihrimah reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.