Mehdi name meaning

Gender: Boy

Origin: Arabic

Usage: Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Hindi, Persian, Indian, Iranian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish

Pronunciation: MEH-dee

Meaning: A Flower, The Guided One, Thunder and The Right Guide

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Variations of Mehdi
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What does Mehdi mean?

Prevalent unisex name Mehdi is especially used in Iranian, Arabic, Indian, Danish, Hindi, Finnish, Persian, Bengali, Swedish, Norwegian and Telugu which of Arabic origin, meaning of Mehdi is "A Flower, Guided, Thunder or The Right Guide".

Mehdi is a form of prevailing Mahdi. Mahdi is variant form of lofty Mehdi. Mahdi is form of The Arabic Name مهدي Meaning Guided One in Latin language. Meaning of Mahdi is Another Name for Prophet Muhammad, The Guided One and Guided is originated from Arabic and Quran.

How do I pronounce Mehdi?

The two syllabled name Mehdi is commonly pronounced as MEH-dee with emphasis on first MEH syllable.

Variants of Mehdi

Mahdi, Mahdea

Names that rhyme with Mehdi

How popular is the name Mehdi?

Mehdi was among the popular names in France. Since emerging in 1955 around 44744 babies have been given the first name. When at its peak in 1991, it ranked 60th when 1543 parents chose the moniker for their baby boys.

However after 62 years, the name is on free fall on the charts but still going strong on charts. Additionally, the name has been in the top 100 baby names 35 times Mehdi was a common name in Belgium.

Over 2689 babies have been named Mehdi since 1995. When at the peak of its usage in 2000,. However the graph is now showing a downward trend after 24 years.

Mehdi is a unique baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1976 and was able to reach the top 3000 names.

In 1979, it ranked 2466th when 37 boys were named Mehdi. There are over 852 babies that have been given the name Mehdi in United States. Also, in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 900 names.

In 1997, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 874 on boy names chart when 26 babies were named Mehdi. Over 405 people have been named Mehdi in England and Wales.

Mehdi is an uncommon baby name in Switzerland, even after 21 years of presence it could not make beyond the top 400. Over 296 babies in Switzerland have been named Mehdi.

However things change on global perspective, Mehdi is extremely popular in Morocco where every 1 in 300 have the name. Also the baby name is popular in Tunisia, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria, Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia.

At least, 300000 people globally have been given the name as per our findings.

Year	Rank	Births
2018	5484	16
2017	3969	26
2016	3852	27
2015	4072	25
2014	3525	30

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Mehdi in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	310	101	8	5
	244	26	10	0

Numerological aspects of Mehdi

Self-doubt is your worst but it makes you better. Learn to be strong and perceptive. You can't stand watching innocent souls suffering because of the cruelty of humanity. You take things too seriously and it makes you nervous when something doesn't go as planned. If the letter I represent your capstone, work on your emotional side. Nothing escapes your eye, your sense of smell is highly developed, such as your sense of touch.

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Famous people named Mehdi

Mehdi Karroubi, Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party
Mehdi Bazargan, Iranian scholar, academic
Mehdi Dibaj, Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam
Mehdi Al-Khalissi, prominent religious leader
Mehdi Bajestani, Iranian actor member of the Naqshineh Theatre group
Mehdi Jami, Iranian journalist
Mehdi Frashëri, Albanian intellectual and politician
Mehdi Bardhi, Kosovar-Albanian linguists, author, and teacher
Mehdi Zana, former Kurdish politician from Turkey
Mehdi Chamran, Iranian architect and conservative politician
Mehdi Mahdavikia, retired Iranian football player
Mehdi Ghezali, Swedish citizen of Algerian and Finnish descent
Mehdi Hassan, or the "Shahanshah-e-Ghazal"

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, prominent Iranian poet
Mehdi Taouil, French-born Moroccan football player
Mehdi Golshani, contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist
Mehdi Hasan, British political journalist
Mehdi Nafti, former footballer
Mehdi Baala, French
Mehdi Méniri, former Algerian football defender
Mehdi Lacen, Algerian professional footballer
Mehdi Ballouchy, retired Moroccan professional footballer
Mehdi Ben Slimane, former Tunisian football forward
Mehdi Meriah, retired Tunisian football player
Mehdi Pashazadeh, former Iranian football defender
Mehdi Hasheminasab, retired Iranian footballer
Mehdi Rajabzadeh, Iranian retired footballer

Mehdi Rahmati, Iranian footballer
Mehdi Vaezi, former Iranian football player
Mehdi Amirabadi, retired Iranian footballer
Mehdi Ghorbani, professional boxer
Mehdi Khalaji, Iranian-American writer
Mehdi Huseynzade, Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II
Mehdi El Glaoui, French actor, director and screenwriter
Mehdi Azar Yazdi, Iranian children's writer
Mehdi Sahnoune, French boxer at light heavyweight
Mehdi Seyed-Salehi, former Iranian football player
Mehdi Bakeri, Iranian war hero in the Iran–Iraq War
Mehdi Ben Dhifallah, Tunisian footballer
Mehdi Mohaghegh, Iranian scholar specializing in Persian literature
Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian Shi'a cleric

Mehdi Meskar in Dans la maison as Actor
Mehdi Charef in Le thé au harem d'Archimède as Writer
Mehdi Nebbou in Body of Lies as Actor
Mehdi Merali in Nightcrawler as Stunts
Mehdi Abassi in movie Ansuyeh Meh as Actor
In 2003 drama, romance movie, Shabhaye roshan, Mehdi Ahmadi played Professor.
In 1988, Mehdi Fakhimzadeh played the role of Namaki in drama film Mosaferan-e mahtab.
Mehdi Lotfi, from 2000 drama flick Koudak va sarbaz, who played N.
In 1986, Mehdi Asadi portrayed the role of Hamed in drama and family film Bahar.
Mehdi Ghoudarzi, from 2002 comedy, drama film Farda, who played the Reza.
Mehdi Dehbi, from 2012 drama film Le fils de l'autre, who played the Yacine Al Bezaaz.

Mehdi Gholipoor, from 1996 war film Dakal, who characterized N.
Mehdi Boccard played leading role of N In sci-fi flick Expansion.
Mehdi Khayyami portrayed the crucial character of N in 1997 crime and drama movie Soltan.
Mehdi Hachemi, from 2009 comedy, romance film Beurs appart', le film, who played the Journalist.
In 1992, Mehdi Bagher Beigi played the role of Majid in flick Sobh-e rooz-e ba'd.
Mehdi Mahani portrayed the leading role of Shahrokh in 2018 drama flick taghbaz.

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