Girl name origins & meanings
- African : The expected one
Boy name origins & meanings
- African : The expected one
- Arabic : Guided to the right path
Family name origins & meanings
- Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic mahdī‘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.