Mahir

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

Maher

 * 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

First name

 * 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

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