Arabic word meaning
"to lead the right way, to guide" [1].
Given Name DescendantsHadi, Hadia, Hadia, Hadiya, Hadiyya, Hadya, Hidayat, Hoda, Hooda, Huda, Mahdi(Arabic) Hédi, Houda, Mehdi(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Hidayət, Mehdi(Azerbaijani) Hadi, Hidayat(Indonesian) Hadi, Hedieh, Hoda, Mahdi, Mehdi(Persian) Hadi, Hadiye, Hediye(Turkish)
- Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 1199.