Meaning, origin and history of the name Mahdi

Gender Masculine

Scripts مهدي(Arabic) مهدی(Persian)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈmah.diː/(Arabic) /mæh.ˈdiː/(Persian) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "guided one" in Arabic, a derivative of هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".

VariantsMehdi(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mehdi(Persian)

Other Languages & CulturesMehdi(Azerbaijani)

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