Mehr Family History
Mehr Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of several places so named. Iranian Pakistani and Afghanistani: from the personal name Mehr based on a Persian word meaning ‘sun’ also ‘affection’ which is also the name of the 7th month of the year and the 16th day of every month of the Persian and Zoroastrian calendars. Mehr is also a younger form of the name of Mithra a Zoroastrian divinity. Bearers of this surname are Muslims Christians and Zoroastrians.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022