# Mihret

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**Mihret** is a male given name and surname.

In the [Balkans](/source/Balkans), Mihret is popular among [Bosniaks](/source/Bosniaks) in the former [Yugoslav](/source/Yugoslavia) nations. The name comes from the [Persian](/source/Persian_language) word "mihri" (مهرى), which translates to "sun-like" and is derived from "mehr" (مهر), which translates to "sun."[1] The female equivalent to the name is Mihreta.

## Given name

- [Mihret Topčagić](/source/Mihret_Top%C4%8Dagi%C4%87) (born 1988), Bosnian footballer

## Surname

- [Tewodros Mihret](/source/Tewodros_Mihret), Ethiopian lawyer and academic

## See also

- [Kidane Mihret River](/source/Kidane_Mihret_River)

## References

1. Azimi, Moein (2024). ["Mehr: The Sun of Benevolence in the Realm of Mithraism"](https://www.authorea.com/users/658804/articles/731564-mehr-the-sun-of-benevolence-in-the-realm-of-mithraism#:~:text=Mehr%20in%20Persian%20has%20multiple,kindness,%20compassion,%20and%20benevolence). *ESS Open Archive ePrints*. **124**. [Bibcode:2024esoar.12471265A](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024esoar.12471265A). [doi:10.22541/au.171148981.12471265/v1](https://doi.org/10.22541/au.171148981.12471265/v1)

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