Mahsa or Mahsā (, ) is a feminine given name of

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

origin. The name has the meaning "like the moon". ''Mah'' () is the

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...

word for "moon", and ''-sā'' (), as a suffix, means "representing, alike, as". Notable people with the name include: * Mahsa Abdolzadeh (born 1985), Austrian politician, political scientist and women's rights and LGBT activist *

Mahsa Amini On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini,; ku, ژینا ئەمینی, Jîna Emînî died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious mor ...

(1999–2022), Iranian-Kurdish woman whose death in the

Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

's police custody sparked protests in Iran and in the world *

Mahsa Amrabadi Mahsa Amrabadi ( fa, مهسا امرآبادی; born July 3, 1984 in Rasht, Gilan) is an Iranian journalist. Amrabadi, along with her husband and reformist journalist Masoud Bastani, were arrested after the disputed presidential election of Jun ...

(born 1984), Iranian journalist * Mahsa Javar (born 1994), Iranian rower *

Mahsa Kadkhoda Mahsa Kadkhoda ( fa, مهسا کدخدا; born 22 June 1993 in Birjand) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for the Iran women's national volleyball team. She has played for Bank Sarmayeh and Peykan Tehran and is also a runner-up in the ...

(born 1993), Iranian volleyball player * Mahsa Mohaghegh, Iranian-born New Zealand computer engineer * Mahsa Saberi (born 1993), Iranian volleyball player * Mahsa Shahbazian (born 1984), Iranian musician, composer and Qanun player *

Mahsa Vahdat Mahsa Vahdat (in Persian مهسا وحدت) (born 29 October 1973, Tehran, Iran) is a Persian classical and world music vocalist. Mahsa Vahdat's music style is contemporary expression inspired by old traditional and folk and regional music of ...

(born 1973), Persian classical and world music vocalist

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