Mayar

Mayar is one of those names that has a host of different meanings across cultures. It's the name of a tribe and several places near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. It's a mountain in Scotland. It's a variant spelling of Hebrew Mayer. It's an Arabic name apparently meaning "moonglow." It's a Spanish verb meaning "to meow."

It's unclear which of these connotations has been boosting Mayar's popularity as a girls' name recently, but boosted it has been.

Mayar is also given to boys.

Pronounced my-AHR.

As of October 2026, Mayar ranked #2848 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2467 in 2015.