Dadi (Hindi दादी, meaning paternal grandmother) is a given name, which is common in India. Dadi Denis (born 1976), Haitian sprinter Dadi El Hocine Mouaki (born 1996), Algerian football player Dadi Gaye (born 1995), Gambian-Norwegian football player Dadi Janki (1916–2020), Indian spiritual leader Dadi Jawari, a 17th-century female ruler of Gilgi Dadi Leela (1916–2017), Pakistani educationist and music teacher Dadi Mayuma (born 1981), football player from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Dadi Nicolas (born 1992), a Haitian professional American football player Dadi Pudumjee, Indian puppeteer Dadi Toka Jr, Papua New Guinea politician Dadi Yami (born 1982), Ethiopian long-distance runner