In all the world, Hamadan (همدان 
, Hamadan 
) is quite a rare principally boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Hamadan is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Yemen, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and India. Likewise, Hamadan is the last name as well as the forename.