title: Majdi
text: # Majdi
  
  Majdy and Majdi or Mejdi or Egyptian variants Magdi or Magdy (in Arabic مجدي) are given names and a surnames.
  
  Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  ### Majdi
  
  * Majdi Allawi (born 1970), lebanese Maronite priest
  * Majdi Halabi (1985-2005), Israeli Druze soldier who disappeared on duty near Haifa
  * Majdi Khaldi (born 1961), Palestinian diplomat and ambassador
  * Majdi Siddiq (born 1985), Qatari footballer of Sudanese descent
  * Majdi Toumi (born 1975), Tunisian volleyball player
  
  ### Magdi
  
  * Magdi Abdelghani (born 1959), former Egyptian footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder
  * Magdi Allam (born 1952), Egyptian-born Italian journalist and political leader, noted for his criticism of Islamic Extremism
  * Magdi Wahba (1925–1991), Egyptian university professor, Johnsonian scholar, and lexicographer
  * Magdi Yacoub, FRS (born 1935), Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London
  
  ### Magdy
  
  * Magdy Atwa, Egyptian football midfielder
  * Magdy Conyd (born 1939), Canadian fencer
  * Magdy Galal Sharawi (born 1946), retired senior Egyptian Air Force officer
  * Magdy Hatata (born 1941), retired Egyptian military officer
  * Magdy Ishak (born 1947 in Suez, Egypt), orthopedic surgeon, President of the Egyptian Medical Society UK
  * Magdy Tolba (born 1964), former Egyptian international midfielder
  
  ### Mejdi
  
  * Mejdi Kaabi (born 1982), Tunisian chess player
  * Mejdi Traoui (born 1983), Tunisian football player
  
  ## Surname
  
  ### Majdi
  
  * Aya Majdi (born 1994), Egyptian born Qatari table tennis player
  * Muhammad Zainul Majdi (born 1972), Indonesian politician and governor
  
  ### Magdy
  
  * Ahmed Magdy (footballer, born 1986), Egyptian football defender
  * Ahmed Magdy (footballer, born 1989), Egyptian football right wing back
  * Ahmed Magdy (actor) (born 1986), Egyptian-Algerian actor and director
  