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Mehdi (Arabic: المَهْدِي, romanized: al-mehdi) is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning “rightly guided”.^[1] 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, United States of America.^[2]

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

• 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 (born 1971), Iranian musician and composer
• Mehdi Charef (born 1952), French-Algerian film director and screenwriter
• Mehdi Dehbi (born 1985), Belgian actor and theatre director
• Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (1977-2011), 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
• Mehdi Hassan (1927-2012), 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 (born 1989), Iranian musician
• Mehdi Sahabi (1944–2009), Iranian translator, painter and writer
• Mehdi Saki (born 1974), Iranian actor, composer and singer

• Mehdi Abrishamchi (born 1947), Iranian dissident and member of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK)
• Mehdi Azar (1901–1994), Iranian physician and politician
• Mehdi Bazargan (1907-1995), Prime Minister of Iran in 1979
• Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965), Moroccan politician
• Mehdi Frashëri (1872–1963), Albanian intellectual and politician, former prime minister of Albania
• Mehdi Hashemi (1944-1987), 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
• Mehdi Noorbakhsh (born 1954), Iranian academic and political activist
• Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and politician
• Mehdi Zana (born 1940), Kurdish politician from Turkey

• 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 (1953–2021), Algerian footballer
• Mehdi Essoussi (born 2001), Tunisian 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 Haj Mohamad (1950-2025), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Haji Mousaei (born 2004), Iranian taekwondo practitioner
• Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990) (born 1990), Indian cricketer
• Mehdi Hasheminasab (born 1973), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Jannatov (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer
• Mehdi Kadi (born 1994), French footballer
• Mehdi Khalil (born 1991), Lebanese footballer
• Mehdi Khodabakhshi (born 1991), Iranian-born Serb Taekwondo practitioner.
• Mehdi Lacen (born 1984), Algerian football player
• Mehdi Lehaire (born 2000), Belgian footballer
• Mehdi Léris (born 1998), French footballer
• Mehdi Leroy (born 1978), French football player
• Mehdi Mahdavikia (born 1977), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Mehdipour (born 1994), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Méniri (born 1977), Algerian footballer
• Mehdi Meriah (born 1979), Tunisian footballer
• Mehdi Momeni (born 1985), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi El Moutacim (born 2000), Finnish footballer
• Mehdi Nafti (born 1978), Tunisian footballer
• Mehdi Ouertani (born 1990), Tunisian footballer
• Mehdi Pashazadeh (born 1973), Iranian footballer and football coach
• Mehdi Rahmati (born 1983), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Salehpour (born 1975), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Sharifi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
• Mehdi Tahrat (born 1990), Algerian footballer
• Mehdi Taj (born 1960), 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 (1930-2021), Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler
• Mehdi Zamani (born 1989), Iranian sprint athlete
• Mehdi Zeffane (born 1992), Algerian footballer

• Mehdi Aminrazavi (born 1957), 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 (born 1939), Iranian theoretical physicist
• Mehdi Ghezali (born 1979), Swedish bank robber
• Mehdi Hasan (born 1979), British-American journalist, broadcaster and author
• Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist) (1937-2022), Pakistani journalist
• Mehdi Hasan Aini Qasmi, Indian Islamic scholar and social activist
• Mehdi Kazemi (born 1989), Iranian asylum seeker in the UK
• Mehdi Khalaji (born 1973), Iranian journalist
• Mehdi Khazali (born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger
• Mehdi Rabbani (died 2025), Iranian brigadier general
• Mehdi Sadaghdar (born 1977), also known as ElectroBOOM, Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer, YouTuber and comedian
• Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003), Iranian journalist and translator
• Mehdi Shahbazi (1942-2007), American businessman

• Aga Syed Mehdi (1959–2000), Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist
• Amir Mehdi (or Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi) (1913-1999), Pakistani mountaineer
• Anisa Mehdi, Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist
• Asif Mehdi (1966–2021), 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
• Parvez Mehdi, born Pervez Akhtar (1947–2005), Pakistani ghazal singer
• Qasim Mehdi (1941–2016), Pakistani molecular biologist and population genetics
• Sahim Saleh Mehdi (born 1967), South Yemen athlete
• Tabish Mehdi (1951–2025), Indian poet, literary critic, journalist, and author
• Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer