Mehdi

'''Mehdi''' ({{Langx|ar|المَهْدِي|translit=al-mehdi}}) is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themeaningofthename.com/mehdi/|title=Name Mehdi|website=The Meaning Of The Name|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> 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, United States of America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themeaningofthename.com/mehdi/|title=Name Mehdi|website=The Meaning Of The Name|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>

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 Ahmadi (1966–2026), Iranian painter, film actor and artist * 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), 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 Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian poet * Mehdi Norowzian, Iranian-British film director * Mehdi Pakdel (born 1980), Iranian actor * 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 Essoussi (born 2001), Tunisian 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 Haj Mohamad (1950–2025), Iranian footballer * Mehdi Haji Mousaei (born 2004), Iranian taekwondo practitioner * 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 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 Hasan Aini Qasmi, Indian Islamic scholar and social activist * Mehdi Kazemi (born 1989), Iranian asylum seeker in the UK * Mehdi Khalaji (born 1973), Iranian journalist * Mehdi Khazali (born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger * Mehdi Rabbani (died 2025), Iranian brigadier general * 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 * Tabish Mehdi (1951–2025), Indian poet, literary critic, journalist, and author * Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer

==See also== *Mahdi (name) *Medhi (disambiguation) * Dik El Mehdi, a Lebanese village in the Matn District governorate of Mount Lebanon

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Iranian masculine given names Category:Middle Eastern folklore Category:Shi'ite surnames