Mahin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mahin

What is the meaning of the name Mahin ?

The baby name Mahin is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /mɑːˈhiːn/ (MAH-heen).

Mahin is Persian in Origin.

Mahin is a cross-cultural given name with primary Persian roots. In New Persian mehīn/mahīn (مهین) is the superlative of meh “great,” yielding senses like “greatest, exalted, noble”; folk association with māh “moon” also invites the poetic gloss “moonlike.” Through Persian-Urdu contact, the spelling Maheen became common in South Asia, where Urdu additionally preserves the Persian adjective maheen “fine, delicate,” so some speakers read the name as “subtle” or “refined.” In Arabic, mahīn means “humble, lowly,” a separate cognate seldom used as a name but sometimes cited in Islamic contexts with the virtuous sense “humble.”

Documented as a feminine name in Iran - e.g., Safavid Mahīn Bānū Begum and modern figures like director Mahin Oskouei - it is today largely unisex in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Variants and related forms include Mahīn (transliterated), Maheen, Mehin, and the pet form Mahi; compound honorifics such as Mahin Banu appear in historical records.