Hamdi
In Poland this is a name most people will never meet: only around 60 men carry it, and no boy has been given it this century. Arabic and Turkish in background, it means "praiseworthy" or "one who praises".
Hamdi Pronunciation
Hamdi is pronounced KHAHM-dee (/ˈxamdi/).
What Hamdi means
Where Hamdi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Hamdi grows from the Arabic root h-m-d, the root of hamd, meaning praise. The same three consonants give Ahmad, Hamid, and Muhammad. Hamdi is the adjective form built on that root, so the short meaning stays close to the source: praiseworthy, one who praises.
You can hear the same hamd in the everyday Arabic phrase alhamdulillah, praise be to God. That word of thanks and the name share one origin.
In Turkish the name belongs to poets. Hamdullah Hamdi, who wrote the verse romance Yusuf u Züleyha, lived in the fifteenth century. Ahmed Hamdi Tanpınar, the novelist who died in 1962, later set it in his own name, and his books are still read in Turkish schools.
On a Polish class register Hamdi asks little. Two syllables, read without a stumble. The meaning stays put: praiseworthy.
How many people are named Hamdi
1 in 355770 men in Poland is named Hamdi. 64 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4567 among male names.
Hamdi as a middle name
Hamdi is a first name for 64 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2401st, between Haider (15) and Harun (15).
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#2399 Ghanshyambhai15
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#2400 Haider15
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#2401 Hamdi15
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#2402 Harun15
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#2403 Hashim15