At a Glance
- Meaning
- Moon-like
- Origin
- Persian
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- mah-DEES
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.'
How to Pronounce Mahdis
mah-DEESIPA /mæhˈdiːs/
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.
Lists That Include Mahdis
Similar Names
Leila · Lila · Mona · Nika · Mahour · Melika
