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Hussain

Hussain: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“good, handsome”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
hoo-SAYN · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Ḥusayn, a diminutive of Hasan. It is especially significant in Islam through Husayn ibn Ali; common transliterations include حسين, Husayn, and Hussein.

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How popular is Hussain?

202430.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Hussain in 2024101

2024 rank#1,666 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,989

Hussain is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Hussain

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Hasanhandsome, good · Arabic
  • Husseinlittle handsome one · Arabic
  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic

Hussain questions

What does the name Hussain mean?

Hussain means "good, handsome". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Ḥusayn, a diminutive of Hasan. It is especially significant in Islam through Husayn ibn Ali; common transliterations include حسين, Husayn, and Hussein.

Is Hussain a boy or girl name?

Hussain is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Hussain?

101 US babies were named Hussain in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Hussain?

Hussain is usually pronounced hoo-SAYN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.