Mehrunnisa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mehrunnisa

What is the meaning of the name Mehrunnisa ?

The baby name Mehrunnisa is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced MEHR-oon-NEE-sah (IPA: /meɾʊnˈniːsɑː/).

Mehrunnisa is Persian, Urdu in Origin.

Mehrunnisa is a Persian–Arabic compound used widely in South Asian Muslim communities. From Persian mehr (“love, kindness; the sun,” linked to Mithra) plus Arabic un-nisā’ (“of women,” from nisā’, “women”), the name is poetically read as “sun of women,” “affection of women,” or “beloved among women.” In Indo-Persian onomastics, the -un-Nisa element is an honorific construction traditionally conferring refinement on female bearers.

The name is most famously borne by the Mughal empress Nur Jahan, born Mehr-un-Nisa (1577–1645), which cemented its prestige across Persianate courts and Urdu literary culture. It remains current in Pakistan, northern India, and Bangladesh, and among the diaspora. Variants include Mehrunisa, Meherunnisa, Meher-un-Nisa, Mehr-un-Nisa, Mehrun Nisa, and the less formal Mehrunissa/Nissa; nicknames include Mehru, Mehr, and Nisa. Parallel feminine compounds in the same pattern include Zeb-un-Nisa and Husn-un-Nisa.

⚙ Mehrunnisa is an uncommon pick. There are only 35 recorded uses of it in our data, from 9 countries.