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Mahdi

Mahdi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“rightly guided”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
MAH-dee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic mahdi, meaning 'guided' or 'rightly guided'. In Islam, al-Mahdi is a messianic title, and Mahdi is also used as a personal name.

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How popular is Mahdi?

202432.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Mahdi in 2024107

2024 rank#1,599 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,294

Mahdi has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Mahdi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Mahdi questions

What does the name Mahdi mean?

Mahdi means "rightly guided". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic mahdi, meaning 'guided' or 'rightly guided'. In Islam, al-Mahdi is a messianic title, and Mahdi is also used as a personal name.

Is Mahdi a boy or girl name?

Mahdi is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mahdi?

107 US babies were named Mahdi in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Mahdi?

Mahdi is usually pronounced MAH-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.