Mekhi is a modern American name of uncertain origin, usually explained as a creative form of Micah, the Hebrew name meaning "who is like God", or of the Hebrew Mechi. Actor Mekhi Phifer, who rose to fame in the 1990s, is the reason most parents know the name. In the United States Mekhi ranked number 936 in 2000, peaked at number 344 in 2005 and has since declined to number 1174 in 2025.