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Hussein

Hussein: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

Hussein is from Arabic Ḥusayn, a diminutive of Hasan meaning 'handsome' or 'good'. It is strongly associated with Husayn ibn Ali in Islamic history.

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How popular is Hussein?

202431.0 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 Hussein in 2024102

2024 rank#1,655 boys

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 18803,320

Hussein has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Hussein

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Hussein questions

What does the name Hussein mean?

Hussein means "little handsome one". It comes from Arabic. Hussein is from Arabic Ḥusayn, a diminutive of Hasan meaning 'handsome' or 'good'. It is strongly associated with Husayn ibn Ali in Islamic history.

Is Hussein a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Hussein?

102 US babies were named Hussein in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Hussein?

Hussein 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.