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 (born 1970), Canadian software engineer
 - Maher al-Assad (born 1967), brother of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and former head of the Presidential Guard
 - Maher Sabry (born 1967), Egyptian filmmaker, writer and gay rights activist
 - Maher Al Sayed (born 1979), 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 Çağrı (born 1962), Turkish Internet celebrity
 - Mahir Çayan (1946–1972), Turkish communist leader
 - 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
 
 
 - Maher (surname), including the Arabic surname
 - Mahershala Ali, American actor