Gender: Masculine
Origin: Arabic ماهر
Meaning: “skillful.”
(MAH-HEER)

The name comes directly from the Arabic adjective, محنك (mahir) meaning, “skillful.”

As of 2010, Mahir was the 41st most popular male name in Bosnia & Herzegovina, (2010).

The name is used throughout the Islamic world.

A variant transcription is Maher.

A Bosnian feminine form is Mahira.