- Meaning
- Rightly guided
- Arabic
- مهدي
- Say it
- MAH-dee
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Also the title of the guide Muslims believe will come before the end of time.
Other spellings
Mehdi, Mahdy
Names from the same root (ه د ي)
Related names
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Questions about Mahdi
What does Mahdi mean?
Mahdi means: Rightly guided. Also the title of the guide Muslims believe will come before the end of time.
Is Mahdi in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Mahdi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mahdi is a boy’s name.
How do you write Mahdi in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Mahdi is written مهدي.