Mehdi Forename
3,333rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 313,349 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco
Mehdi Forename User-submission:
Mehdi is an Arabic masculine name (مهدي), which comes from the verb huda (هدى), meaning 'guidance'.
Mehdi Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 100% | 155,726 | 1:221 | 44 |
| Algeria | 100% | 29,032 | 1:1,315 | 242 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 23,828 | 1:6,692 | 878 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 17,718 | 1:1,739 | 303 |
| France | 100% | 15,478 | 1:4,295 | 411 |
| Syria | - | 11,685 | 1:1,652 | 300 |
| Pakistan | 95% | 10,913 | 1:17,810 | 1,530 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6,617 | 1:1,457 | 344 |
| United States | 100% | 5,528 | 1:65,582 | 3,368 |
| India | 87% | 4,169 | 1:291,408 | 27,276 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3,906 | 1:19,919 | 1,505 |
| Libya | - | 2,571 | 1:2,420 | 433 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,545 | 1:13,019 | 1,391 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,229 | 1:304 | 35 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,759 | 1:1,058 | 249 |
| England | 100% | 1,566 | 1:35,506 | 1,888 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,547 | 1:7,427 | 929 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,250 | 1:28,014 | 1,328 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,178 | 1:82,070 | 1,877 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,134 | 1:41,032 | 1,792 |
| Sweden | 100% | 873 | 1:11,292 | 958 |
| Afghanistan | 81% | 810 | 1:40,276 | 2,172 |
| Poland | - | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Qatar | 100% | 751 | 1:3,155 | 461 |
| Albania | 100% | 741 | 1:4,111 | 822 |
| Thailand | 100% | 689 | 1:101,692 | 8,554 |
| Australia | - | 649 | 1:21,044 | 1,449 |
| Bahrain | - | 533 | 1:2,530 | 418 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 516 | 1:32,756 | 2,614 |
| Oman | - | 510 | 1:8,056 | 1,019 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 357 | 1:23,007 | 1,523 |
| Austria | 100% | 233 | 1:36,542 | 1,260 |
| Egypt | 100% | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Denmark | - | 208 | 1:27,161 | 1,386 |
| Gabon | - | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Norway | 100% | 180 | 1:28,513 | 1,484 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Italy | 100% | 167 | 1:365,641 | 4,308 |
| Iran | 100% | 147 | 1:533,992 | 6,215 |
| Russia | 96% | 136 | 1:1,060,542 | 8,942 |
| Israel | 54% | 131 | 1:64,144 | 3,499 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 102 | 1:298,529 | 15,267 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 99 | 1:2,605,694 | 124,548 |
| Tajikistan | - | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Japan | - | 87 | 1:1,471,104 | 17,514 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 86 | 1:83,163 | 6,791 |
| Greece | 100% | 84 | 1:130,173 | 3,187 |
| Brazil | 100% | 74 | 1:2,895,083 | 54,166 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 74 | 1:28,253 | 2,549 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Scotland | 100% | 46 | 1:116,312 | 2,597 |
| Ireland | 100% | 41 | 1:113,257 | 2,677 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 36 | 1:194,178 | 4,953 |
| Finland | 98% | 35 | 1:156,662 | 2,989 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 34 | 1:38,170 | 2,603 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| Hungary | 100% | 30 | 1:326,392 | 1,420 |
| Georgia | 100% | 28 | 1:133,517 | 4,335 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 23 | 1:178,054 | 5,547 |
| Singapore | - | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Philippines | 67% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| Serbia | - | 22 | 1:324,806 | 4,173 |
| Senegal | 100% | 19 | 1:767,440 | 8,136 |
| Wales | 100% | 18 | 1:171,906 | 3,302 |
| Croatia | 100% | 17 | 1:248,063 | 3,890 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17 | 1:3,207,803 | 80,389 |
| Jordan | 83% | 16 | 1:551,673 | 4,062 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| Romania | - | 16 | 1:1,253,248 | 22,200 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Ukraine | - | 16 | 1:2,843,744 | 6,272 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12 | 1:4,399,027 | 26,540 |
| Yemen | - | 12 | 1:2,191,396 | 3,718 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10 | 1:12,414,443 | 34,902 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Argentina | 75% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 7 | 1:90,654 | 2,656 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Cameroon | - | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Uganda | - | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4 | 1:44,391,090 | 271,718 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
The alternate forms: Méhdi (22) are calculated separately.
Mehdi (114,183) may also be a surname.
Mehdi Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mehdi is an Arabic masculine name (مهدي), which comes from the verb huda (هدى), meaning 'guidance'.
- mehdibettarThe name Mehdi means 'rightly guided' in Arabic.
- u11Mehdi Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 1,044 (2014)
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