Fun Facts About the Name Masih
- 91 babies named Masih: U.S. records list 91 babies given the name Masih from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Masih Mean?
Masih is the Arabic form of a Semitic word meaning "anointed one" - the title usually rendered in English as Messiah. It derives from the Arabic root m-s-ḥ (م-س-ح), "to wipe, to anoint," which is cognate with Hebrew mashach, "to anoint," and with the Hebrew noun mashiaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ) and Syriac mshīḥā. In Arabic, al-Masīḥ (المسيح) is the standard title for Jesus and appears in the Quran. As a personal name it carries the same sense: the anointed one.
Classical Arabic lexicographers also recorded secondary explanations of the title from the same root - that the Messiah "wipes away" illness or sin, for instance, or that he "travels" the earth - but the primary meaning remains "anointed." These are traditional glosses, not a separate origin.
Masih Name History & Origins
The word belongs to the shared Semitic vocabulary of the ancient Near East, with close relatives in Hebrew mashiaḥ and Aramaic/Syriac mshīḥā, the language of many Christian communities in the region before the rise of Islam. In Arabic it became a fixed religious term: the Quran calls Jesus al-Masīḥ (ʿĪsā al-Masīḥ), and the word has been the ordinary Arabic term for "Messiah" since.
As a given name, Masih is used mainly in Arabic-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking countries and in South Asia. In Persian it appears both as a personal name and in poetry. Among Christians of the Punjab, in what is now Pakistan and India, Masih is also common as a surname. It forms part of compound names such as ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, "servant of the Messiah." The Latin-script spellings Masih, Maseeh, and Masīḥ reflect the Arabic final letter ḥ (ح), which has no exact English equivalent.
How Popular is the Name Masih?
Masih has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #6,500 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,231 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #7,077 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #11,736 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #11,779 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,394 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #6,500 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #11,644 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,560 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,392 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #10,238 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #13,365 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #11,751 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #13,877 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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