Mahir

Arabic: [ˈmaː.hɪr]
Turkish: [ˈmɑ.hiɾ]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameArabicMeaningskilled, expert

Mahir (also spelled Maher or "Mihir-A", Arabic: ماهر) is an Arabic given name meaning "skilled" or "expert". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Maher

  • Maher Arar, Canadian software engineer
  • Maher al-Assad, brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and head of the Presidential Guard
  • Maher Sabry, Egyptian filmmaker, writer and gay rights activist
  • Maher Al Sayed, Syrian football player
  • Maher-shalal-hash-baz, son of Biblical prophet Isaiah
  • Maher Shalal Hash Baz, artistic alter ego of Tori Kudo, a Japanese naivist composer and musician
  • Maher Charif, Palestinian historian and lecturer at the Institut français du Proche-Orient in Syria

Mahir

First name

  • Mahir Agva (born 1996), German basketball player
  • Mahir Çayan (1946–1972), Turkish communist leader
  • Mahir Çağrı (born 1962), Turkish Internet celebrity
  • Mahir Halili (born 1975), Albanian footballer
  • Mahir Jasem (born 1989), Emirati footballer
  • Mahir Muradov (1956–2023), Azerbaijani judge
  • Mahir Sağlık (born 1983), Turkish footballer
  • Mahir Tomruk (1885–1949), Turkish sculptor
  • Mahir Yağcılar (born 1961), Turkish Kosovar politician
  • Mahir al-Zubaydi (died 2008), al-Qaeda military commander

Middle name

  • Ahmad Maher Pasha (1888–1945), Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt 1944–1945
  • Aly Maher Pasha (1882–1960), Egyptian politician

See also

  • Maher (disambiguation)
    • Maher (surname), including the Arabic surname
      • Ahmad Maher (disambiguation), various people
  • Mahershala Ali, American actor
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