Mahsa is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning “like the moon.” In 2024 it was given to 45 girls in the United States.
Mahsa at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Persian
Meaning
“like the moon”
About the name Mahsa
Mahsa 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, Mahsa first appears in Social Security records in 1983. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3299 in 2022, and in 2024 45 babies received the name — 323 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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