Mehdi () is a common Arabic masculine

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, meaning "rightly guided". People having the name Mehdi are in general originating from Iran mostly and sometimes India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United States of America. This name is a variation of the name

Mahdi The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad w ...

which has an Arabic origin. Other, less common, variations are Medi, Mehti, Meyti.

People with the given name

Arts and entertainment

DJ Mehdi Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (20 January 1977 – 13 September 2011), better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French hip hop and house music producer and DJ. He was signed to the label Ed Banger Records, founded by his friend Pedro Winter, in ...

(1977–2011), French hip hop and house producer *

Mehdi Bagheri Mehdi Bagheri ( fa, مهدی باقری), (born 16 November 1980), is an Iranian kamancheh player and composer. Biography Mehdi was born in Kermanshah in 1980. He began his musical endeavors by learning to play the Tonbak instructed by Ramin Ta ...

(born 1980), Iranian kamancheh player and composer * Mehdi Bahmad, Moroccan-born Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, director, and visual artist *

Mehdi Bajestani Mehdi Bajestani ( fa, مهدی بجستانی; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Hanaee in the crime thriller '' Holy Spider'' (2022). Career He is member of the Naqshineh Theatre group ...

(born 1974), Iranian actor *

Mehdi Bozorgmehr Mehdi Bozorgmehr ( fa, مهدی بزرگمهر; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer. Biography Mehdi Bozorgmehr was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a prolific composer of symphonic, choral, ensemble, arranger, children music ...

, Iranian musician and composer *

Mehdi Charef Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian people, Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film ''Tea in the Harem, Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' was screened ...

, French-Algerian film director and screenwriter * Mehdi Dehbi (born 1985), Belgian actor and theatre director * Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, French-Tunisian hip hop and electro producer, better known as

* 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 who wrote several novels and books about Kurdish and Turkish culture and history. Also widely known as Cemşid Bender, a pseudonym he used for books and articles on Kurdish culture and history * Mehdi Hassan, 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 Mahdloo Brando Mehdi Mahdloo Torkaman is an American-Italian actor, writer, screenwriter, model and startupper. In January 2021, he was included in the "best 2020 models and actors" list by the international magazine "Arts Tribune". Private life Ma ...

, Italian actor, model and writer * Mehdi Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian poet * Mehdi Norowzian, Iranian-British film director *

Mehdi Rajabian Mehdi Rajabian ( fa, مهدی رجبیان; born October 1989) is an Iranian composer and musician. He was imprisoned for pursuing illegal musical activities in 2013. In 2019, he released the album ''Middle Eastern'' in collaboration with a numb ...

, Iranian musician *

Mehdi Sahabi Mehdi Sahabi ( 4 February 1944 in Qasvin (Iran) – November 9, 2009 in Paris (France) ) was an Iranian translator, painter, and writer. Born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, Fren ...

(1944–2009), Iranian translator, painter and writer *

Mehdi Saki Mehdi Saki (born 1974, Khuzekstan) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term f ...

(born 1974), Iranian actor, composer and singer

Politics

Mehdi Abrishamchi Mehdi Abrishamchi ( fa, مهدی ابریشم‌چی born in 1947 in Tehran) is a high-ranking member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK). Early life Abrishamchi came from a well-known anti-Shah bazaari family in Tehran, and participated in ...

, member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) described as "the right hand man of Massoud Rajavi", the group's leader *

Mehdi Azar Mehdi Azar (1901–1994) was an Iranian physician, professor of medicine and politician who served as the minister of culture in the period 1952–1953. In addition to his political activities he was one of the leading Iranian physicians in kidn ...

(1901–1994), Iranian physician and politician * Mehdi Bazargan, Prime Minister of Iran in 1979 *

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(1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965), Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference *

Mehdi Frashëri Mehdi bey Frashëri (28 February 1872 – 25 May 1963) was an Albanian intellectual and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s and as Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee in the Albanian puppet governm ...

(1872–1963), Albanian intellectual and politician. Served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s *

Mehdi Hashemi Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric who was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; he was executed by the I ...

, Iranian cleric and senior official *

Mehdi Huseynzade Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade ( az, Mehdi Hüseynzadə; russian: Мехти Гусейнзаде; 22 December 1918, in Novxanı, Azerbaijan – 2 November 1944, in Vitovlje, Slovenia) was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. H ...

(1918–1944), Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II *

Mehdi Jomaa Mehdi Jomaa ( ar, مهدي جمعة; born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014 to 6 February 2015. He was chosen on 14 December 2013. Jomaa was Minister of Industry in the Ali ...

(born 1962), Tunisian engineer and acting Prime Minister of Tunisia *

Mehdi Karroubi Mehdi Karroubi ( fa, مهدی کروبی, Mehdi Karrubi, born 26 September 1937) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. Following 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house a ...

(born 1937), Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician, former speaker of Parliament in Iran * Mehdi Noorbakhsh, Iranian academic and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran * Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and Seyyed, conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran * Mehdi Zana (born 1940), Kurdish politician from Turkey

Sports

Mehdi Abdesmad Mehdi Abdesmad (born September 28, 1991) is a Canadians, Canadian-born former American football defensive end. He played college football at Boston College Eagles football, Boston College. Professional career Tennessee Titans Abdesmad went undr ...

(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 Mehdi Baala ( ar, مهدي بعلة; born 17 August 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French, middle-distance runner competing mainly in the 1500 metres event. Baala has won several major international championships medals in the 1500 metres event – ...

(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 Berrahma (born 1992), Moroccan footballer * Mehdi Bouadla (born 1982), French-Algerian boxer * Mehdi Boudjemaa (born 1998), French footballer *

Mehdi Boukassi Mohamed El Mehdi Boukassi ( ar, محمد المهدي بوكاسي; born 15 June 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Tadamon Sour. Career Boukassi played in Portugal and Bulga ...

(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 Mehdi Cerbah (3 April 1953 – 29 October 2021) was an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one season of indoor footbal ...

(born 1953), Algerian footballer *

Mehdi Fonounizadeh Mehdi Fononi Zadegan ( fa, مهدی فنونی زاده) (born 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player. Club career National team Honours * Gold Medal winner at 1990 Asian Games, as member of the Iran national football te ...

(born 1962), Iranian footballer *

Mehdi Ghayedi Mehdi Ghayedi ( fa, مهدی قایدی, born 5 December 1998) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward or second striker for Persian Gulf League club Esteghlal and the Iran national team. Club career Iranjavan Ghayedi w ...

(born 1998), Iranian footballer * Mehdi Hafsi, also known as Mehdi Labeyrie (born 1978), French-born Tunisian basketball player * Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990), Indian cricketer * Mehdi Hasheminasab (born 1973), Iranian footballer *

Mehdi Jannatov Mekhti Ramazanovich Dzhenetov ( az, Mehdi Ramazan oğlu Cənnətov; russian: Мехти Рамазанович Дженетов; born 26 January 1992) is a professional football player who plays for Zira FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Bor ...

(born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer * Mehdi Kadi (born 1994), French footballer * Mehdi Khalil, Lebanese footballer * Mehdi Khodabakhshi (born 1991), Iranian-born Serb Taekwondo practitioner. *

Mehdi Lacen Medhi Gregory Giuseppe Lacen ( ar, مهدي لحسن; born 15 March 1984) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After starting out at Laval, he spent most of his professional career in Spain, repre ...

, Algerian football player *

Mehdi Lehaire Mehdi Lehaire (born 22 January 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Resovia, on loan from Miedź Legnica. Club career He made his debut for the main squad of Lierse on 19 May 2017 in the Europa L ...

(born 2000), Belgian footballer * Mehdi Léris (born 1998), French footballer * Mehdi Leroy, French football player *

Mehdi Mahdavikia Mehdi Mahdavikia ( fa, ; born 24 July 1977) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back. He is currently under contract by Hamburger SV as a youth coach, and also manages his own ...

, Iranian footballer * Mehdi Mehdipour (born 1994), Iranian footballer * Mehdi Méniri (born 1977), Algerian footballer * Mehdi Meriah (born 1979), Tunisian footballer *

Mehdi Momeni Mehdi Momeni Larimi ( fa, مهدی مومنی) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Machine Sazi in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Club career Momeni joined Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ف� ...

, Iranian footballer * Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer * Mehdi Ouertani (born 1990), Tunisian footballer *

Mehdi Pashazadeh Mehdi Pashazadeh ( fa, مهدی پاشازاده, born 27 December 1973) is an Iranian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for several clubs, including Esteghlal Tehran, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Fortuna Köln ...

(born 1973), Iranian footballer and football coach * Mehdi Rahmati, Iranian footballer *

Mehdi Salehpour Mehdi Salehpour ( fa, مهدی صالح‌پور, born August 25, 1975, in Tehran) is an Iranian footballer. He has played for both Esteghlal and Persepolis. He won 2001–02 Hazfi Cup with Esteghlal and played for Persepolis in 2004–05 Iran Pr ...

(born 1975), Iranian footballer *

Mehdi Sharifi Mehdi Sharifi ( fa, مهدی شریفی, born 16 August 1992), is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Shahr Khodro F.C. in the Iran Premier League as a forward. Club career Zob Ahan Before going to Sepahan, he was playing for Zob A ...

(born 1992), Iranian footballer *

Mehdi Tahrat Mehdi Jean Tahrat (born Mehdi Serge Jean; 24 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defensive midfielder for club Troyes. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team. Club career In July 2014, afte ...

(born 1990), Algerian footballer *

Mehdi Taj Mehdi Taj ( fa, مهدی تاج) is an Iranian sports executive and administrator who is president of Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran since August 2022 for second term. Also he was president of the Iranian Football Federation from ...

, Iranian sports executive and administrator *

Mehdi Taremi Mehdi Taremi ( fa, مهدی طارمی; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Iran national team. A late bloomer, he begun his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iran ...

(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 (born 1930), Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler *

Mehdi Zamani Mehdi Zamani ( fa, مهدی زمانی; born 20 December 1989) is an Iranian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres, who was banned for two years for doping. Career He started out as an 800 metres runner. He placed sixth in ...

, Iranian sprint athlete * Mehdi Zatout (born 1983), Algerian-French Muay Thai kickboxer * Mehdi Zeffane (born 1992), Algerian footballer

Others

* Mehdi Aminrazavi, 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 Mehdi Golshani (Persian: مهدی گلشنی, born 1939 in Isfahan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist, academic, scholar, philosopher and distinguished professor at Sharif University of Technology. He is also member of I ...

, Iranian theoretical physicist * Mehdi Ghezali, Swedish bank robber *

Mehdi Hasan Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979) is a British-American political journalist, broadcaster and author of Indian descent. Hasan has been the host of ''The Mehdi Hasan Show'' on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021. In 2 ...

(born 1979), British-American journalist, broadcaster and author * Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist) (born 1937), Pakistani journalist *

Mehdi Kazemi Mehdi Kazemi (مهدی کاظمی, born 1989) is an Iranian man who is wanted in Iran for sodomy. Originally in the UK to study, he was granted asylum by Britain in 2008. Background Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, the legal code has been based ...

, Iranian asylum seeker in the UK * Mehdi Khalaji, Iranian journalist *

Mehdi Khazali Mehdi Khazali ( fa, مهدی خزعلی, also Romanized as Mahdi Khazali; born November 25, 1965) is an Iranian publisher, physician, blogger and son of a leading right-wing cleric and former Counsel of Guardians member, Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazal ...

(born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger *

Mehdi Sadaghdar Mehdi Sadaghdar ( ; ; born 13 January 1977), also known on YouTube as ElectroBOOM, is an Iranian-Canadian YouTuber, electrical engineer, and comedian. Early life Sadaghdar was born in Iran on 13 January 1977 and resides in Vancouver, British ...

, also known as ElectroBOOM, Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer, YouTuber and comedian * Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003), Iranian journalist and translator * Mehdi Shahbazi, American businessman

People with the middle name

Mohamed Mehdi Hasan Mohamed Mehdi Hasan (born 14 September 1971) is a Bangladeshi sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...

(born 1971), Bangladeshi Olympic sprinter * Mohammad Mehdi Mehdikhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer *

Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi ( ur, ; born 1 October 1943) best known as PQ Mehdi, is a retired four-star air officer and a former fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force, appoint ...

(born 1943), Pakistani retired four-star air officer and a fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force *

Syed Mehdi Shah Syed Mehdi Shah is a Pakistan Politician who is currently Serving as the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan and Previously was the first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. The post was created under Presidential Order For Govrnance 2009 for Gil ...

, first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.

People with the surname

* Aga Syed Mehdi (1959–2000), Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist *

Amir Mehdi Amir Mehdi (sometimes spelled Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi) was a Pakistani mountaineer and porter known for being part of the team which managed the first successful ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, and of K2 in 1954 with an Itali ...

(or Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi), Pakistani mountaineer * Anisa Mehdi, Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist * Asif Mehdi (born 1966), 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 based in New York * Parvez Mehdi, born Pervez Akhtar (1947–2005), Pakistani ghazal singer * Qasim Mehdi, Pakistani molecular biologist and population genetics *

Sahim Saleh Mehdi Sahim Saleh Mehdi (born 17 October 1967) is a former South Yemen athlete, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres, men's 200m, he finished 8th in his heat and failed to advance. ...

(born 1967), South Yemen athlete * Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer

References

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