Mahir

Mahir (also spelled Maher or "Mihir-A", Arabic: ماهر) is an Arabic given name meaning "skilled" or "expert". Notable people with the name include:

• Mahir Agva (born 1996), German basketball player
• Mahir Alkaya (born 1988), Dutch politician
• Mahir Amiraslanov (born 1997), Azerbaijani wrestler
• Mahir Çağrı (born 1962), Turkish Internet celebrity
• Mahir Çayan (1946–1972), Turkish communist leader
• Mahir Darziev (born 1957), Georgian politician
• Mahir Domi (1915–2000), Albanian linguist
• Mahir Emreli (born 1997), Azerbaijani footballer
• Mahir Ünsal Eriş (born 1980), Turkish writer
• Mahir Günok (born 1963), Turkish footballer
• Mahir Habib (born 1977), Iraqi footballer
• Mahir Halili (born 1975), Albanian footballer
• Mahir Hassan (born 1963), Iraqi-Kurdish actor
• Mahir Iftić (born 1980), Bosnian footballer
• Mahir Jasarević (born 1992), Hungarian footballer
• Mahir Jasem (born 1989), Emirati footballer
• Mahir Karić (born 1992), Bosnian footballer
• Mahir Muradov (1956–2023), Azerbaijani judge
• Mahir Oral (born 1980), German boxer
• Mahir ul Qadri (1906–1978), Pakistani religious writer, poet, and novelist
• Mahir Sağlık (born 1983), Turkish footballer
• Mahir Savranlıoğlu (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Mahir Shukurov (born 1982), Azerbaijani footballer
• Mahir Tomruk (1885–1949), Turkish sculptor
• Mahir Ünal (born 1966), Turkish politician
• Mahir Ünlü (1926–2017), Turkish author
• Mahir Yağcılar (born 1961), Turkish Kosovar politician
• Mahir Yousef (born 1988), Qatari footballer
• Mahir Zeynalov, Azerbaijanian-American journalist
• Mahir al-Zubaydi (died 2008), al-Qaeda military commander

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