Mehdi

Mehdi (المَهْدِي) is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided". People with the name Mehdi generally originate from Iran, with other notable countries of origin being: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United States of America.

This name is a variation of the name Mahdi which has an Arabic origin. Other, less common, variations are Medi, Mehti, Meyti, Metti, Madi, Maadi.

Arts and entertainment

 * DJ Mehdi (1977–2011), French hip hop and house producer
 * Mehdi Bagheri (born 1980), Iranian kamancheh player and composer
 * Mehdi Bahmad, Moroccan-born Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, director, and visual artist
 * Mehdi Bajestani (born 1974), Iranian actor
 * Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Iranian musician and composer
 * Mehdi Charef, 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 DJ Mehdi
 * 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 Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian poet
 * Mehdi Norowzian, Iranian-British film director
 * Mehdi Rajabian, Iranian musician
 * Mehdi Sahabi (1944–2009), Iranian translator, painter and writer
 * Mehdi Saki (born 1974), Iranian actor, composer and singer

Politics

 * Mehdi Abrishamchi, member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) described as "the right hand man of Massoud Rajavi", the group's leader
 * Mehdi Azar (1901–1994), Iranian physician and politician
 * Mehdi Bazargan, Prime Minister of Iran in 1979
 * Mehdi Ben Barka (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 (1872–1963), Albanian intellectual and politician. Served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s
 * Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian cleric and senior official
 * Mehdi Huseynzade (1918–1944), Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II
 * Mehdi Jomaa (born 1962), Tunisian engineer and acting Prime Minister of Tunisia
 * Mehdi Karroubi (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 (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 (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 Bennani (born 1983), Moroccan racing driver
 * Mehdi Bouadla (born 1982), French-Algerian boxer
 * Mehdi Boudjemaa (born 1998), French footballer
 * Mehdi Boukassi (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 (born 1953), Algerian footballer
 * Mehdi Fonounizadeh (born 1962), Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Ghayedi (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 (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, Algerian football player
 * Mehdi Lehaire (born 2000), Belgian footballer
 * Mehdi Léris (born 1998), French footballer
 * Mehdi Leroy, French football player
 * Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Mehdipour (born 1994), Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Méniri (born 1977), Algerian footballer
 * Mehdi Meriah (born 1979), Tunisian footballer
 * Mehdi Momeni, Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi El Moutacim (born 2000), Finnish footballer
 * Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
 * Mehdi Ouertani (born 1990), Tunisian footballer
 * Mehdi Pashazadeh (born 1973), Iranian footballer and football coach
 * Mehdi Rahmati, Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Salehpour (born 1975), Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Sharifi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
 * Mehdi Tahrat (born 1990), Algerian footballer
 * Mehdi Taj, Iranian sports executive and administrator
 * Mehdi Taremi (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, Iranian sprint athlete
 * 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, Iranian theoretical physicist
 * Mehdi Ghezali, Swedish bank robber
 * Mehdi Hasan (born 1979), British-American journalist, broadcaster and author
 * Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist) (born 1937), Pakistani journalist
 * Mehdi Kazemi, Iranian asylum seeker in the UK
 * Mehdi Kazemi, Iranian pilot and Space Scientist, Ph.D. in Iceland
 * Mehdi Khalaji, Iranian journalist
 * Mehdi Khazali (born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger
 * Mehdi Sadaghdar, 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 (born 1971), Bangladeshi Olympic sprinter
 * Mohammad Mehdi Mehdikhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer
 * Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (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, first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.

People with the surname

 * Aga Syed Mehdi (1959–2000), Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist
 * Amir Mehdi (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 (born 1967), South Yemen athlete
 * Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer