Mahir

MahirPronunciation| Arabic: [ˈmaː.hɪr]
Turkish: [ˈmɑ.hiɾ]

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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

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### Maher

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* 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

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#### First name

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* 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

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* Ahmad Maher Pasha (1888–1945), Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt 1944–1945
* Aly Maher Pasha (1882–1960), Egyptian politician

## See also

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* Maher (disambiguation)
* Maher (surname), including the Arabic surname
* Ahmad Maher (disambiguation), various people
* Mahershala Ali, American actor

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