Mehdi

Mehdi (Arabic: المَهْدِي, romanized: al-mehdi) is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided".^[1] People with the name Mehdi generally originate from Iran, with other notable countries of origin being India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United States of America.^[2]

This name is a variation of the name Mahdi, which is of Arabic origin. Other, less common, variations are Medi, Mehti, Meyti, Metti, Madi, Maadi, Mahadi, Mehedi.

People with the given name

Arts and entertainment

DJ Mehdi (1977–2011), French hip hop and house producer
Mehdi Bagheri (born 1980), Iranian kamancheh player and composer
Mehdi Bahmad, Moroccan-born Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, director, and visual artist
Mehdi Bajestani (born 1974), Iranian actor
Mehdi Bozorgmehr (born 1971), Iranian musician and composer
Mehdi Charef (born 1952), French-Algerian film director and screenwriter
Mehdi Dehbi (born 1985), Belgian actor and theatre director
Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (1977-2011), French-Tunisian hip hop and electro producer, better known as DJ Mehdi
Mehdi Forough (1911–2008), Iranian scholar, author, dramatist, writer on dramatic arts and culture, translator
Mehdi Ghadyanloo (born 1981), Iranian artist, painter, and muralist
Mehdi Halıcı (1927-2008), a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin
Mehdi Hassan (1927-2012), Pakistani ghazal singer
Mehdi Hosseini (born 1979), Persian composer of contemporary classical music
Mehdi Khalaji (born 1973), Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst
Mehdi Pakdel (born 1980), Iranian actor
Mehdi Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian poet
Mehdi Norowzian, Iranian-British film director
Mehdi Rajabian (born 1989), Iranian musician
Mehdi Sahabi (1944–2009), Iranian translator, painter and writer
Mehdi Saki (born 1974), Iranian actor, composer and singer

Politics

Mehdi Abrishamchi (born 1947), Iranian dissident and member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK)
Mehdi Azar (1901–1994), Iranian physician and politician
Mehdi Bazargan (1907-1995), Prime Minister of Iran in 1979
Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965), Moroccan politician
Mehdi Frashëri (1872–1963), Albanian intellectual and politician, former prime minister of Albania
Mehdi Hashemi (1944-1987), Iranian cleric and senior official
Mehdi Huseynzade (1918–1944), Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II
Mehdi Jomaa (born 1962), Tunisian engineer and acting Prime Minister of Tunisia
Mehdi Karroubi (born 1937), Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician
Mehdi Noorbakhsh (born 1954), Iranian academic and political activist
Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and politician
Mehdi Zana (born 1940), Kurdish politician from Turkey

Sports

Mehdi Abdesmad (born 1991), Canadian-born American football player in the defensive end
Mehdi Abdi (born 1998), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Abeid (born 1992), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Abtahi (born 1963), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Baala (born 1978), French, middle-distance runner
Mehdi Baghdad (born 1985), French mixed martial artist
Mehdi Bazargard (born 1979), Iranian volleyball player
Mehdi Beneddine (born 1996), French footballer
Mehdi Bennani (born 1983), Moroccan racing driver
Mehdi Bouadla (born 1982), French-Algerian boxer
Mehdi Boudjemaa (born 1998), French footballer
Mehdi Boukassi (born 1996), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Bourabia (born 1991), Moroccan footballer
Mehdi Carcela, or Mehdi François Carcela-González (born 1989), Belgian-born Moroccan footballer
Mehdi Cerbah (1953-2021), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Fonounizadeh (born 1962), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Ghayedi (born 1998), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Hafsi, also known as Mehdi Labeyrie (born 1978), French-born Tunisian basketball player
Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990) (born 1990), Indian cricketer
Mehdi Hasheminasab (born 1973), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Jannatov (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer
Mehdi Kadi (born 1994), French footballer
Mehdi Khalil (born 1991), Lebanese footballer
Mehdi Khodabakhshi (born 1991), Iranian-born Serb Taekwondo practitioner.
Mehdi Lacen (born 1984), Algerian football player
Mehdi Lehaire (born 2000), Belgian footballer
Mehdi Léris (born 1998), French footballer
Mehdi Leroy (born 1978), French football player
Mehdi Mahdavikia (born 1977), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Mehdipour (born 1994), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Méniri (born 1977), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Meriah (born 1979), Tunisian footballer
Mehdi Momeni (born 1985), Iranian footballer
Mehdi El Moutacim (born 2000), Finnish footballer
Mehdi Nafti (born 1978), Tunisian footballer
Mehdi Ouertani (born 1990), Tunisian footballer
Mehdi Pashazadeh (born 1973), Iranian footballer and football coach
Mehdi Rahmati (born 1983), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Salehpour (born 1975), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Sharifi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Tahrat (born 1990), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Taj (born 1960), Iranian sports executive and administrator
Mehdi Taremi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Terki (born 1991), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Tikdari (born 1996), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Torabi (born 1994), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Torkaman (born 1989), Iranian footballer
Mehdi Yaghoubi (1930-2021), Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler
Mehdi Zamani (born 1989), Iranian sprint athlete
Mehdi Zeffane (born 1992), Algerian footballer

Others

Mehdi Aminrazavi (born 1957), Iranian scholar of philosophy and mysticism
Mehdi Ashraphijuo, American mathematician, financial risk manager and writer
Mehdi Bahadori (born 1933), Iranian professor of mechanical engineering
Mehdi Bayat (born 1979), French-Iranian businessman, president of the Royal Belgian Football Association
Mehdi Dibaj (1935–1994), Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam, pastor and Christian martyr
Mehdi Golshani (born 1939), Iranian theoretical physicist
Mehdi Ghezali (born 1979), Swedish bank robber
Mehdi Hasan (born 1979), British-American journalist, broadcaster and author
Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist) (1937-2022), Pakistani journalist
Mehdi Kazemi (born 1989), Iranian asylum seeker in the UK
Mehdi Khalaji (born 1973), Iranian journalist
Mehdi Khazali (born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger
Mehdi Sadaghdar (born 1977), also known as ElectroBOOM, Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer, YouTuber and comedian
Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003), Iranian journalist and translator
Mehdi Shahbazi (1942-2007), American businessman

People with the middle name

Mohamed Mehdi Hasan (born 1971), Bangladeshi Olympic sprinter
Mohammad Mehdi Mehdikhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer
Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (born 1943), Pakistani retired four-star air officer and a fighter pilot
Syed Mehdi Shah, first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.

People with the surname

Aga Syed Mehdi (1959–2000), Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist
Amir Mehdi (or Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi) (1913-1999), Pakistani mountaineer
Anisa Mehdi, Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist
Asif Mehdi (1966-2021), Pakistani ghazal and playback singer
Eqbal Mehdi (1946–2008), Pakistani painter
Georges Mehdi (1934–2018), Brazilian judoka of French descent
M. T. Mehdi (1928-1998), Iraqi-American politician and pro-Palestinian activist
Parvez Mehdi, born Pervez Akhtar (1947–2005), Pakistani ghazal singer
Qasim Mehdi (1941-2016), Pakistani molecular biologist and population genetics
Sahim Saleh Mehdi (born 1967), South Yemen athlete
Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer

References

^ "Name Mehdi". The Meaning Of The Name. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
^ "Name Mehdi". The Meaning Of The Name. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

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[1] "Name Mehdi". The Meaning Of The Name. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

[2] "Name Mehdi". The Meaning Of The Name. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

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