Mihira is an Indian name from the Sanskrit mihira, which means "sun" and was one of the names of the sun god; the astronomer Varahamihira bore its masculine form in the 6th century. For girls it belongs to the same soft group as Mira and Mihika. Mihira has climbed from number 7176 among US girls in 2015 to number 2523 in 2024 and ranks 2804 in 2025.