The baby name Mehrbakhsh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /mehrbaxʃ/ — approx. 'MEHR-bakhsh' (kh as in German 'Bach' or Scottish 'loch').
The baby name Mehrbakhsh is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /mehrbaxʃ/ — approx. 'MEHR-bakhsh' (kh as in German 'Bach' or Scottish 'loch').
Mehrbakhsh is Hindi, Persian in Origin.
Mehrbakhsh is a Persian compound given name formed from mehr and -bakhsh. Mehr (from Middle Persian mihr, Avestan Mithra) carries the layered senses of “affection, kindness,” “sun,” and the ancient divinity Mithra; -bakhsh derives from bakhshidan, “to grant, bestow.” Together, the name means “granted by love/kindness” or “gift of Mehr (Mithra/the sun),” conveying benevolence and auspicious blessing. It is typically masculine but can be used unisex in modern contexts.
The name appears across the Persianate world - Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia - especially in Urdu- and Punjabi-speaking communities, where Persian naming elements persisted through the medieval and early modern periods. Documented variants reflect regional pronunciation and transliteration: Mehrbakhsh, Meherbakhsh, Mihrbakhsh; and South Asian spellings Mehr Baksh, Mehar Bakhsh, or anglicized Mehr Bux/Baksh. It is semantically akin to other -bakhsh names (e.g., Khudabakhsh “God-given”) and to the cognate Mehrdad (“given by Mithra”).
Mehrbakhsh barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 2 recorded uses, across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
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