Hussein
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning handsome; diminutive of Hassan.
Hussein by the numbers
In 2025, 33 babies in England and Wales were named Hussein. In the US, 127 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 135 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Hassan
Like Hussein, each of these traces back to Hassan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hussein. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hussainhandsome; diminutive of Hassan127 in England and Wales (2025)
- Husaingood, beautiful; a form of Hussein5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Husnaingood, beautiful; variant form of Hussein8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hussayngood; handsome; a form of Hussein3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hudsen18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hussein
Names that are said the same way as Hussein, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Husaynhandsome, good; variant of Hussein18 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Hussein, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hussein
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