The baby name Mahima is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced muh-HEE-muh (IPA: /məˈhiːmə/).
The baby name Mahima is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced muh-HEE-muh (IPA: /məˈhiːmə/).
Mahima is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
From Sanskrit mahimā (महिमा), built on the root mah- “great, to magnify,” the name Mahima means “greatness, glory, majesty, splendor.” Carried into modern Indo-Aryan languages - Hindi, Nepali, Bengali - it retains the sense of exalted stature and divine renown found throughout classical hymns and puranic literature.
As a given name Mahima is chiefly feminine across India and Nepal, with broader adoption among the South Asian diaspora since the late 20th century, paralleling the vogue for abstract Sanskrit virtues (Asha, Kirti, Kiran). It also resonates with devotional usage, as in phrases praising a deity’s mahima, and with Odisha’s 19th‑century Mahima Dharma (Mahima Panth). Variants and transliterations include Mahimā (scholarly), Mahimaa, and Bengali/Assamese Mohima; common short forms are Mahi and Hima. Notable bearer: Indian actor Mahima Chaudhry.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 0 | #69 | 3 | 2,963 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #203 | 25 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #250 | 2 | 6,592 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #255 | 132 | 8,413 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #297 | 20 | 15,378 |
| Canada | Girls | 2008 | #298 | 6 | 2,834 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #327 | 347 | 13,121 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #337 | 3 | 7,570 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #354 | 9 | 8,539 |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #357 | 3 | 8,829 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #360 | 37 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #485 | 31 | 19,177 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #501 | 53 | 20,968 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #520 | 4 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #572 | 15 | 18,916 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #597 | 9 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #755 | 15 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #874 | 62 | 25,931 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #906 | 11 | 8,487 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #910 | 9 | 17,948 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #976 | 19 | 24,821 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #982 | 20 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,082 | 11 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,232 | 3 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,428 | 19 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,583 | 32 | 28,008 |
Mahima is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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