Mahan is a boy's name of Persian origin meaning “like the moon.” In 2024 it was given to 10 boys in the United States.
Mahan belongs to the Persian tradition. Its meaning — “like the moon” — is the sense carried by its Persian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mahan first appears in Social Security records in 2009. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7022 in 2019, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 94 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mahan means “like the moon” in its Persian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mahan is a boy name. In 2024, 10 babies received the name in the US.
Mahan comes from the Persian tradition.
Mahan first appears in US records in 2009. Its best-ever ranking was #7022 in 2019, and 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
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