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MendiIn Hebrew: מנדי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Romanization: mendi
Mendi (Hebrew: מנדי) is a unisex name of international origin. 347 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 10 boys and ranked #668. Its peak year was 2024, with 10 babies.
- People in Israel
- 347
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 10
- rank #668
- Peak year
- 2024
- 10 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Mendi
In Hebrew letters the name is מנדי, read right to left. Mendi is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "mendi" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Mendi and Mendy
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Mendi by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Mendi
How do you write Mendi in Hebrew?
Mendi is written מנדי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "mendi".
How many people in Israel are named Mendi?
347 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מנדי: 125 women and 222 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Mendi a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 36% of the people named מנדי are women and 64% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Mendi mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Mendi and Mendy"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.