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Mehwish
مہوشSay it MEH-wish
- Meaning
- Moon-like; as beautiful as the moon; a sweetheart Steingass, p. 1357
- Say it
- MEH-wish
- Written
- مہوش
- Other spellings
- Mahwish, Mehvish, Mahvash
Mehwish
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Mehwish meaning
Mehwish (مہوش) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin.
Moon-like; as beautiful as the moon; a sweetheart
Mehwish (مہوش) is Persian mahwash, built on mah, "moon". Steingass glosses it as moon-like or beautiful as the moon, and also as a sweetheart. Name lists today give the same meanings, so the popular and dictionary senses agree. In Pakistan and India the name is pronounced and usually spelled Mehwish, with Mahwash and Mahvash as other spellings closer to the Persian. It belongs to a small family of Persian moon names that includes Mahnoor, "moonlight". A well-known bearer is the Pakistani film actress Mehwish Hayat, who received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, a national civil award, in 2019.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1357 · entry مهوش mahwash · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, mahwash, p. 1357 · Wikipedia, Mehwish Hayat
Famous namesakes
- Mehwish Hayat, Pakistani film actress
Spellings
Mehwish · Mahwish · Mehvish · Mahvash