Mahdi Forename
374th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,786,704 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran
Mahdi Forename Definition:
A Aramaic name, meaning: The guided or directed one: a spiritual and temporal ruler who is expected to appear on earth during the last days, and set up a reign of righteousness.
Mahdi Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 1,169,628 | 1:67 | 8 |
| Yemen | - | 176,835 | 1:149 | 20 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 154,099 | 1:200 | 8 |
| Iraq | 100% | 83,280 | 1:420 | 88 |
| Sudan | 100% | 29,152 | 1:1,297 | 250 |
| Syria | - | 26,885 | 1:718 | 132 |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 24,653 | 1:6,468 | 857 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 18,830 | 1:13,700 | 1,941 |
| Algeria | 100% | 14,694 | 1:2,598 | 393 |
| Morocco | 100% | 12,229 | 1:2,809 | 365 |
| Libya | - | 7,528 | 1:826 | 154 |
| Egypt | 100% | 7,005 | 1:13,119 | 1,164 |
| Somalia | - | 6,901 | 1:1,960 | 315 |
| Lebanon | 96% | 6,749 | 1:834 | 175 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 5,857 | 1:5,570 | 745 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 5,345 | 1:655 | 145 |
| Jordan | 78% | 4,743 | 1:1,861 | 361 |
| Palestine | 64% | 4,550 | 1:1,000 | 242 |
| Djibouti | - | 4,393 | 1:208 | 46 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,699 | 1:26,375 | 3,273 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,565 | 1:4,570 | 546 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,538 | 1:440 | 71 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 1,432 | 1:123,997 | 6,459 |
| Pakistan | 89% | 1,351 | 1:143,862 | 5,500 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,298 | 1:10,476 | 1,671 |
| United States | 100% | 1,263 | 1:287,044 | 9,087 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,026 | 1:29,678 | 2,741 |
| Philippines | 99% | 859 | 1:123,410 | 6,455 |
| France | 100% | 828 | 1:80,278 | 1,964 |
| Qatar | 100% | 790 | 1:3,000 | 427 |
| Oman | 75% | 787 | 1:5,221 | 718 |
| Sweden | 99% | 669 | 1:14,735 | 1,144 |
| Canada | 94% | 584 | 1:56,735 | 3,581 |
| England | 95% | 535 | 1:103,931 | 3,916 |
| India | 70% | 407 | 1:2,984,958 | 136,079 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 381 | 1:138,552 | 6,772 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Bahrain | - | 355 | 1:3,799 | 612 |
| Kenya | - | 287 | 1:161,349 | 7,106 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Spain | 100% | 273 | 1:170,439 | 3,774 |
| Thailand | 100% | 272 | 1:257,595 | 15,461 |
| Germany | 100% | 256 | 1:377,648 | 4,460 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 172 | 1:48,691 | 2,122 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 146 | 1:115,768 | 5,610 |
| Australia | - | 116 | 1:117,738 | 3,942 |
| Cameroon | 98% | 106 | 1:203,873 | 8,597 |
| South Africa | 97% | 97 | 1:562,192 | 25,877 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Denmark | - | 89 | 1:63,478 | 2,216 |
| Belgium | 100% | 88 | 1:130,569 | 3,948 |
| Norway | 100% | 88 | 1:58,322 | 2,275 |
| Israel | 99% | 77 | 1:109,129 | 4,558 |
| Austria | 100% | 51 | 1:166,945 | 2,740 |
| Brazil | 100% | 51 | 1:4,200,709 | 69,653 |
| Italy | 96% | 50 | 1:1,221,242 | 10,022 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 42 | 1:195,559 | 4,605 |
| Niger | 91% | 41 | 1:467,902 | 9,689 |
| New Zealand | - | 38 | 1:119,370 | 4,813 |
| Finland | 76% | 37 | 1:148,194 | 2,908 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Uganda | 88% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Russia | 100% | 27 | 1:5,341,989 | 25,443 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Ireland | 100% | 19 | 1:244,396 | 4,129 |
| Scotland | 100% | 19 | 1:281,598 | 4,379 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Turkey | 57% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Singapore | - | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Senegal | 80% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Brunei | 100% | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Hungary | 100% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Liberia | 50% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Mexico | 67% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Màhdi (4) are calculated separately.
Mahdi (680,531) may also be a surname.
Mahdi Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Aramaic name, meaning: The guided or directed one: a spiritual and temporal ruler who is expected to appear on earth during the last days, and set up a reign of righteousness.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Mahdi Forename Popularity
Mahdi Demographics
Average Male Mahdi Height
174.46 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 112 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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