Hadi means guide. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (Quranic word)
هَادِي
Hadi
Guide
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Meaning
Hadi (هَادِي) is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran. It means guide. Al-Hadi is a name of Allah. For a person, Hadi means one who guides others to good, and Abdul-Hadi is the fuller form.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Hadi comes from the root ه د ي, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
In 25:31: "And sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper."
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًۭا وَنَصِيرًۭا
Wa kazaalika ja'alnaa likulli Nabiyyin 'aduwwam minal mujrimeen; wa kafaa bi Rabbika haadiyanw wa naseeraa
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
Quran 25:31. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it HAA-dee. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Haadi and Hady. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ه ha + ا alif + د dal + ي ya.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Hadi bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Hadi (هَادِي) means guide. It is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran.
In 25:31: "And sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper."
Hadi is used as a boy's name.
Hadi is written هَادِي in Arabic, said HAA-dee.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, هَادِي. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.