Mâhdį
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mâhdį is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic mahdi ‘guided’.
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 21as Mohammad(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 26as Muhammad
- EGEgypt≈1 in 28as Mohamed
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mâhdį itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- #23 (measured from records)
- 10 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 462 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21 (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,900,000 named Muhammad, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Afghanistan, est., as Mohammad
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
11 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Mohammad in BD Bangladesh, AF Afghanistan, JO Jordan, Mohamed in EG Egypt, MA Morocco, Muhammad in PK Pakistan and Muhammed in TR Türkiye.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a personal name based on Arabic mahdi ‘guided’. This was the name of the twelfth Shiite imam, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 939, giving rise to a belief that he will return and unite Muslims under his leadership, triumphing over injustice.
Sources 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The African book of names
- Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mâhdį counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #1 | ≈8,900,000 est. | ≈1 in 26 | — | Muhammad | 270 |
| EG Egypt | #1 | ≈3,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 28 | listed | Mohamed | 295 |
| ID Indonesia | #8 | ≈2,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 101 | listed | Muhamad | 236 |
| BD Bangladesh | #2 | ≈2,400,000 est. | ≈1 in 69 | 5K | Mohammad | 214 |
| AF Afghanistan | #1 | ≈1,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 21 | — | Mohammad | 110 |
| MA Morocco | #1 | ≈920,000 est. | ≈1 in 39 | — | Mohamed | 216 |
| JO Jordan | #9 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 39 | — | Mohammad | 196 |
| TR Türkiye | #20 | 202,172as Muhammed | 1 in 406 | 202K | Muhammed | 158 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; This page provides data on the frequency and ranking of names in Bangladesh, published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Stati. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mâhdį mean, and where does it come from?
- from a personal name based on Arabic mahdi ‘guided’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The African book of names and 5 other sources.
- Is Mâhdį a male or female name?
- Mâhdį is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Mâhdį have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.9 million people named Muhammad in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Mâhdį?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 202,172 people named Muhammed in 2025, about 1 in 406 residents.
- How common is Mâhdį compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Mâhdį is the most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/m%C3%A2hd%C4%AFThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mâhdį” — the most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.