Mahir

Mahir
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈmaː.hɪr]; Turkish: [ˈmɑ.hiɾ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	skilled, 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

Given name

Maher

Mahir

First name

Middle name

See also