Mahsa

/M-AA-S-AA/

Girl MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

Moon-like — from Persian māh, ‘moon,’ with the likeness element sā, ‘like,’ a classical beauty-metaphor comparing the bearer to the full moon. A sleek, luminous Persian feminine name.

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Yes — Mahsa is a Muslim girl name of Persian origin, meaning “Moon-like — from Persian māh, ‘moon,’ with the likeness element sā, ‘like,’ a classical beauty-metaphor comparing the bearer to the full moon. A sleek, luminous Persian feminine name.”. It also appears in Zoroastrian tradition.

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Meaning & origin

Mahsa is a girl's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "Moon-like — from Persian māh, ‘moon,’ with the likeness element sā, ‘like,’ a classical beauty-metaphor comparing the bearer to the full moon. A sleek, luminous Persian feminine name." and belongs to the Light cluster — names meaning radiance, illumination, and hope.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Mahsa is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Mahsa carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

What would a baby named Mahsa look like?

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What does Mahsa's numerology say?

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Mahsa resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
6
nurturing and family devotion
Chaldean
5
freedom and adventurous change

Mahsa's destiny number is 6 — but a number only matters in context. The app matches it to your family's own numbers for a real compatibility read. See Mahsa's full reading →

Does Mahsa go with your family's names?

Mahsa breaks into 4 sounds: /M-AA-S-AA/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Mahsa sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Mahsa beside your family's names →

Names similar to Mahsa

If Mahsa resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim girl names, common in Other families

Fatima
She who abstains, the shining one — Fatima al-Zahra is the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and the mother of his grandsons Hasan and Husayn. Revered across all branches of Islam as the foremost woman of paradise, her name carries maternal devotion, spiritual purity, and the luminous grace of one called 'the Radiant' by her own father
Maryam
The exalted one, the only woman named in the Quran — Maryam mother of Isa is honoured in an entire surah bearing her name, praised as the woman chosen above all women of all worlds. Her name bridges Islam and Christianity with shared reverence, carrying purity, miraculous grace, and the courage of a mother who bore her child alone beneath a palm tree
Layla
Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world
Yasmin
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset — Yasmin is the Persian gift to the world's gardens, a vine that climbs walls and releases its sweetest perfume in the darkness

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim girl names from the Light cluster

Noor
Divine light, the sacred illumination that pervades all creation
Zahra
Radiant, blooming, a flower in full blossom — Zahra is the luminous title of Fatima al-Zahra, the Prophet's daughter
Sana
Praise, radiance, brilliance that draws the eye — Sana is the Arabic word for praise and radiance, a name that declares a daughter as simultaneously praiseworthy and luminous.

Names that sound similar

Muslim girl names that open with the same syllables as Mahsa

Mariam
A variant rendering of the mother of Isa, carrying the same exalted holiness in a slightly softer phonetic form — Mariam is the spelling preferred in many South Asian and African Muslim communities, and its gentle final syllable gives it a distinctive tenderness that distinguishes it from the more formal Maryam while sharing every particle of its sacred weight
Mahnoor
Moonlight, from the Persian mah (moon) joined to the Arabic nur (light), a luminous compound widely loved in Pakistani naming. It paints the bearer as the soft radiance of the moon, beauty understood as a gentle, silvery glow, light that soothes rather than dazzles.
Mariya
Pure, exalted (Coptic origin) — Mariya (Arabic مارية, from Coptic-Egyptian) is the form used for Mariya al-Qibtiyya (Mary the Copt, d. 637), an Egyptian Christian who became one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and mother of his son Ibrahim. The name spans Christian and Islamic traditions.

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Common questions about Mahsa

What does the name Mahsa mean?

Mahsa means "Moon-like — from Persian māh, ‘moon,’ with the likeness element sā, ‘like,’ a classical beauty-metaphor comparing the bearer to the full moon. A sleek, luminous Persian feminine name.." It is a girl name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Mahsa a boy or girl name?

Mahsa is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Mahsa?

Mahsa is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

Is Mahsa a Muslim name?

Yes. Mahsa is a girl name traditionally used in Muslim families, of Persian origin. It also appears in Zoroastrian tradition.

What does Mahsa mean in Persian?

Mahsa originates from Persian, where it means "Moon-like — from Persian māh, ‘moon,’ with the likeness element sā, ‘like,’ a classical beauty-metaphor comparing the bearer to the full moon. A sleek, luminous Persian feminine name.."

What is the numerology of Mahsa?

Mahsa has a Pythagorean destiny number of 6 — nurturing and family devotion.

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