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Mehdi

Gender

Male

Origin

Arabic
the guided one

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mehdi

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Mehdi (Arabic: المَهْدِي, romanized: al-mehdi) is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin, meaning "rightly guided". The name is a variation of the name Mahdi. Other, less common variations are Medi, Mehti, Meyti, Metti, Madi, Maadi, Mahadi, and Mehedi.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #3052, 37 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3949, 27 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202527
202428
202322
202236
202113
202024
201919
201816
201726
201627

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #1010, 26 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2437, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20259
202423
202321
202223
202114
202016
201914
201819
201718
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #60, 1,546 births); most recent 2023 (rank #235, 249 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023249
2022285
2021304
2020320
2019433
2018458
2017528
2016550
2015602
2014704

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence