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Mahdi

/MAHD-dee/Fulani & Hausa & Somali & Wolof · a boy’s name

“The rightly guided one.”

In Fulani

How to say it
MAHD-dee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
common

In Hausa

How to say it
MAHD-ee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

MahdiMehdi

In Somali

How to say it
MAHD-ee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

MahdiMahdy

In Wolof

How to say it
MAHD-ee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
uncommon