Given name · Persian
مهدی
“the expected daughter”·“one who is expected”
مهدی (mahdī) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Mahdi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
مهدی is Mahdi written in Arabic script. Interpretations include “the expected daughter” (African) and “one who is expected” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic مَهْدِيّ, from Arabic هَدَى, from Arabic ه د ي.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
مهدی’s family of names
In Persian usage, مهدی has a later derivative in Mehdi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named مهدی
- 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
- Mehdi NaftiTunisian-French football managerborn 1978
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