Mahdis: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Mahdis – Meaning: moon-like – Origin: Persian – Gender: Girl


Mahdis is a Persian girl's name meaning “moon-like”. It appears in our list of 175+ Persian Baby Girl Names That Are Poetic and Rare.

Meaning & Origin of Mahdis

Meaning: Moon-like.

Origin: Persian.

A common claim: Like a beautiful young woman Actually: Mahdis is popularly glossed as 'like a beautiful young woman,' but the name literally combines a word for 'moon' with a suffix meaning 'resembling' — the beauty comes from the moon being a traditional poetic ideal, not from a word meaning 'young woman.'

Popularity of Mahdis

Mahdis doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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