Mehdi is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “rightly guided.” In 2024 it was given to 28 boys in the United States.
Mehdi belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “rightly guided” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Mahdi.
In the United States, Mehdi first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2523 in 1979, and in 2024 28 babies received the name — 996 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mehdi means “rightly guided” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mehdi is a boy name. In 2024, 28 babies received the name in the US.
Mehdi comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Mahdi.
Mehdi first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2523 in 1979, and 28 babies were given the name in 2024.
Mehdi is pronounced /ˈmɛdiː/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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