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Mihirimah, Mehrmah

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  • Origin: Persian
  • Meaning: “sun & moon; affection of the moon; kindness of the moon.”
  • Gender: Female

The name is composed of the Persian elements mehr / mihr / meher (مِهر) — a Persian word meaning “sun,” “affection,” “kindness,” or “love” (and often with connotations tied to the ancient Iranian / Zoroastrian deity Mithra) and māh (ماه), meaning “moon” or “month.”

The name entered wider use through Ottoman royal history, where Mihrimah Sultan (1522–1578) — the daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan — became one of the most powerful and educated women of her time.

A modern Persian form is Mehrmah.

An Urdu form is Meharmah and another Turkish form is Mihrümah.

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Baatii, Bati

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  • Origin: Oromo
  • Meaning: “the moon.”
  • Gender: unisex

The name comes directly from the Oromo word meaning, “moon.”

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Mahvash, Mehwish

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  • Origin: Persian مهوش
  • Urdu: مہوش, Hindi: महवश
  • Meaning: “beautiful like the moon; moonlike; moonfaced.”
  • Gender: feminine
  • Pronunciation: Per (MAH-vash); Urdu (MAY-wish)

Mahvash is a Persian name meaning “beautiful like the moon” or “moon-like.” It’s Urdu offshoot is Mehwish and its Turkish form is Mehveş.

Though it is a pre-Islamic Persian name, it is a popular name used among Muslims in India and is also used in Pakistan.

Mahvash was the stage name of a renowned Persian entertainer from the 1950s.

Mahvash Disease is the name of a type of an autosomal recessive, hereditary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor syndrome. However, I could not find the reason why it is specifically called Mahvash disease.

Mehwish is borne by Pakistani actress, Mehwish Hayat (b. 1983).

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Sihana

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  • Origin: Albanian
  • Meaning: “like the moon.”
  • Gender: feminine
  • Pronunciation: (sih-HAH-nah)

The name is composed of the Albanian elements, si (like) and hëna (moon).

The name is borne by Albanian supermodel, Sihana Shalaj.

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Cheshvan

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416px-Französischer_Meister_um_1675_001Gender: masculine
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: 8th month of the Jewish calender which corresponds with October-November in the Gregorian Calender. Possibly meaning “bitter month.”
חֶשְׁוָן
(HESH-vahn; the CH is very gutteral).

Cheshvan is the second month of the civil year and the eight month of the ecclesiastical year, it is an autumn month that corresponds with October and November in the Gregorian calendar and it is usually composed of 29 days. In complete years it is 30 days.

The name of the month is believed to be of Akkadian origins and is composed of the Semitic roots y-r-ḥ which means “moon; month”  and s-m-n the Semitic root for “eight.” Originally the month’s name was Marcheshvan, the first two letters מַר (mar) were interpreted as meaning “bitter” since the month had no holidays or celebrations.

It is traditionally believed that the Great Flood started on Cheshvan. In the Old Testament, before the great Babylonian Exile, the original name of the month was Bul.

Today in Israel, and among Jewish families, the name is used for baby boys born during the month of Cheshvan.