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The baby name Mehran is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Persian approx. /meːˈrɑːn/; anglicized 'MEH-rahn' or 'MEHR-ahn'..

Mehran is Persian in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Persian
Pronunciation: Persian approx. /meːˈrɑːn/; anglicized 'MEH-rahn' or 'MEHR-ahn'.

What is the meaning of the name Mehran ?

The baby name Mehran is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Persian approx. /meːˈrɑːn/; anglicized 'MEH-rahn' or 'MEHR-ahn'..

Mehran is Persian in Origin.

Mehran (Persian مهران, Mehrān) is a Persian masculine name and surname from mehr/mihr, the Middle Persian name of Mithra, the Indo‑Iranian god of covenant, friendship, and the sun. In modern Persian mehr also means “affection, kindness, love” and “sun.” The suffix ‑ān expresses possession or intensity, yielding senses such as “full of affection,” “sunlike,” or “belonging to Mithra.”

Attested since late antiquity, it appears in the House of Mihrān, one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran under the Parthians and Sasanians, and later across Persianate lands. Today it is common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kurdish areas, and used in South Asia, where Mehrān also poetically names the Indus. Variants include Mihrān/Mehrān (scholarly/Armenian forms) and Meheran; related names are Mehrdad and Meher. It functions as both given name and surname; feminine counterpart: Mehri.

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Mehran – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
AF 0 #56 21 1,883
IR Boys 0 #59 5,163 10,162
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
JP 0 #76 2 4,057
AF Girls 0 #91 4 2,402
QA 0 #106 1 7,011
GE Boys 0 #107 4 2,055
OM 0 #118 4 6,215
KW 0 #120 2 5,216
IQ 0 #128 6 3,533
AZ Boys 0 #129 3 1,400
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
GR 0 #133 3 3,911
IR 0 #150 86 4,221
AE 0 #168 10 10,220
AF Boys 0 #171 106 3,535
HU Boys 0 #171 4 3,954
Sweden Boys 2022 #181 2 1,509
DK 0 #206 1 5,198
LU Boys 0 #220 1 4,970
BG Girls 0 #230 2 3,559
BD 0 #239 3 5,992
GR Boys 0 #248 20 6,912
HR Boys 0 #259 1 3,997
Canada Boys 2024 #297 10 2,588
JP Boys 0 #300 4 7,909
SA 0 #304 9 10,560
DK Boys 0 #307 19 7,401
CN Boys 0 #325 7 9,639
DK Girls 0 #329 1 7,429
QA Girls 0 #342 2 15,378
MY 0 #354 1 12,352
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
BR 0 #360 1 5,969
PT Boys 0 #381 1 7,951
France Boys 2021 #385 3 2,865
JO Boys 0 #389 1 7,057
YE 0 #395 4 8,639
BD Girls 0 #400 7 8,413
Finland Boys 0 #407 21 2,041
PH Boys 0 #407 2 11,440
EG 0 #412 1 6,387
Austria Boys 0 #416 27 2,180
IR Girls 0 #417 114 8,334
OM Girls 0 #424 1 15,987
SD Boys 0 #463 4 10,523
IQ Girls 0 #490 15 11,303
BH 0 #505 49 17,937
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
IQ Boys 0 #511 157 13,071
RU Boys 0 #519 8 12,621
BD Boys 0 #538 39 10,045
HK Boys 0 #554 4 12,905
LY 0 #554 6 12,703
PS Boys 0 #555 7 10,655
KW Girls 0 #560 2 19,177
AE Girls 0 #591 7 20,968
IL Boys 0 #621 5 10,983
SG Girls 0 #631 2 18,916
IN Girls 0 #651 4 13,121
QA Boys 0 #654 54 18,093
Finland Boys 2026 #656 27 3,552
AE Boys 0 #662 469 22,615
LB 0 #685 6 13,263
CL Boys 0 #700 1 13,390
SY 0 #710 19 11,684
KW Boys 0 #731 39 18,755
SG Boys 0 #739 1 17,960
OM Boys 0 #769 113 17,948
Germany Boys 0 #816 137 5,697
United States Boys 2024 #865 28 7,044
EG Boys 0 #873 14 15,035
NL Boys 0 #896 56 5,873
SA Girls 0 #909 27 25,931
IN Boys 0 #950 52 16,750
SA Boys 0 #1,000 719 28,008
EG Girls 0 #1,009 1 14,742
TR 0 #1,026 186 19,440
MY Girls 0 #1,070 3 24,821
MY Boys 0 #1,089 23 25,439
ZA Boys 0 #1,268 5 25,619
IT Boys 0 #1,421 51 10,046

Mehran is popular in 51 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
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People also ask about Mehran

Mehran is predominantly a boy's name.
Mehran is a 2 syllable name, pronounced Persian approx. /meːˈrɑːn/; anglicized 'MEH-rahn' or 'MEHR-ahn'..
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Mehrān, Meheran and Mihran.
Across languages, Mehran has these equivalents: Mehr (Persian), Mithra (Avestan), Mihran (Armenian).
Yes — Mehran ranked #181 in Sweden in 2022, and appears in official birth registries across 5 countries.
Mehran ranks highest in Sweden (#181 in 2022).
Mehran's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #886 in 2014 to #865 in 2024 in United States.