Given name · Arabic
مهدي
“to guide”
مهدي (mahdiyy) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: mahdiyy.
Meaning & origin
مهدي’s family of names
In Arabic usage, مهدي can be written in the Roman alphabet as mahdiyy. In Arabic usage, مهدي has a transliteration in mahdiyy.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 3
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People named مهدي
- Medhi BenatiaMoroccan footballerborn 1987
- Mehdi MahdavikiaIranian footballerborn 1977
- Mehdi BazarganIranian politician and Islamic thinker (1907–1995)
- Mehdi KarroubiIranian reformist politician, democracy activist, mojtahed, and chairman of the National Trust Partyborn 1937
- Mehdi AbeidAlgerian-French footballer (born 1992)
- Mahdi TorabiIranian footballerborn 1994
- Mehdi CarcelaMoroccan footballerborn 1989
- Mehdi MostefaAlgerian and French footballerborn 1983
- Mehdi BaalaFrench middle-distance runnerborn 1978
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