Mehr (name)
Gender | Female and Male |
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Language(s) | |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Region of origin | Middle East, Iran and Pakistan |
Mehr (Persian: مهر) is a name of Persian origin that may refer to:
Given name or epithet
[edit]- Mehr-un-Nissa, name given at birth to Nur Jahan (1577-1645), Empress Consort of the Mughal Empire
- Mehr Abdul Haq (1915–1995), Pakistani linguist
- Mehr Chand Mahajan (1889–1967), former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
- Mehr Hassan, American actress, model, and classical dancer
- Mehr Monir Jahanbani (1926–2018), Iranian textile designer, and fashion designer
- Mehr Jesia (born 1968), Indian supermodel
Surname
[edit]- Farhang Mehr (1923–2018), Zoroastrian scholar and politician
- Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945–1994), Iranian bishop
- Mariella Mehr (1947–2022), Swiss writer
- Nathaniel Mehr, British journalist
- Ghulam Rasool Mehr (1895–1971), Pakistani scholar and political activist