Given name & surname
Hadi
“one who guides others along the right path”
Hadi is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who guides others along the right path.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who guides others along the right path.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hadi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,541
- 2,535 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 142 babies
- 2025
- 142
- #1,342 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 142 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,342 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (30). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,222 as a first name in 2020; 1,815 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hadi’s family of names
Hadi has a feminine form in Hadya. Hadi has a related form in Hady. Hadi has a related form in Hady.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hadi
- Hadi ChoopanIranian bodybuilderborn 1987
- Hadi SaeiIranian taekwondo practitionerborn 1976
- Hadi KhosroshahiIranian diplomat1939–2020
- Hadi SackoFrench footballer (born 1994)
- Hadi al-AmiriIraqi politicianborn 1954
- Hadi Soua'an Al-SomailySaudi athletics competitorborn 1976
- Hadi TaqtaşTatar poet (1901–1931)
- Hadi SabzavariIslamic philosopher (1797–1873)
- Hadi Norouzifootball player (1985–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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