Given name & surname
Mendi
“refers to the Virgin Mary”
Mendi is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mendi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 514
- 0 boys · 514 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 544 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mendi’s family of names
Mendi has a related form in Mendy. Mendi has a related form in Mendie. Mendi has a related form in Mendea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mendi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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