Hassan

loc · Latin script

Meaning: (i) from a Muslim personal name derived from Arabic hassan 'beautifier'; (ii) see Hasan

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/həsɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hassan is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 424(inferred from the name graph)
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 440
  • USUnited States1 in 18K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hassan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (measured from records)

531,386 named Hasan, 2025

#170 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
434 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 424 (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HassanArabic(measured from records)
HasanLatin(measured from records)
ХасанCyrillic(measured from records)
হাসানBengali(measured from records)
ฮาซันThai(measured from records)
ΧασανGreek(measured from records)
사원Hangul(measured from records)
ჰასანGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hasan in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, BD Bangladesh and 1 more, Hutson in US United States, Hussin in EG Egypt and Hasani in TZ Tanzania.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

(i) from a Muslim personal name derived from Arabic hassan 'beautifier'; (ii) see Hasan

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hassan, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hassan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hassan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#7531,386as Hasan1 in 154531KHasan194
BD Bangladesh#8≈390,000 est.≈1 in 421listedHasan203
EG Egypt—≈240,000 est.≈1 in 440listedHussin231
TZ Tanzania—≈140,000 est.≈1 in 42424Hasani40
SY Syria#53≈94,000 est.≈1 in 206—Hasan63
US United States—18,5131 in 18K31KHutson434
CY Cyprus#5≈7,200 est.≈1 in 177—Hasan38

531,386 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hassan is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Ḥassan, Ḥaṣṣān, Ḥassăn, Ḥassān, Hassán

  • a separate given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written ഹുസ്സൻ, ஹஸனீ, ഹസ്സൻ, ஹஸன், Hasan

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hassan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, ‘handsome, good’; also the name of Ḥasan, grandson of the Prophet.

    as a nameAfrican Muslim Names

  • In French, Arabic name meaning “handsome, good, beautiful”.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, Arabic name meaning 'handsome' or 'good'.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • from a personal name based on Arabic hassan ‘beautifier’. The poet Hassan bin Sabit was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 hOsain ‘descendant of Osdn', a personal name formed from a diminutive of os ‘deer’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Abu Nuwas, b. 756Hasan-i Sabbah, b. 1037Hasan al-Banna, b. 1906Hassan II, b. 1929Omar al-Bashir, b. 1944Hassan Rowhani, b. 1948Maggie Hassan, b. 1958Samia Suluhu Hassan, b. 1960Hasan Nasrallah, b. 1960Rima Hassan, b. 1992
  • Abu Nuwasb. 756IRnot in their usual name8th-century classical Arabic poet
  • Hasan-i Sabbahb. 1037IRThe founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
  • Hasan al-Bannab. 1906EGEgyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)
  • Hassan IIb. 1929MAKing of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
  • Omar al-Bashirb. 1944SDnot in their usual namePresident of Sudan from 1989 to 2019
  • Hassan Rowhanib. 1948IRPresident of Iran from 2013 to 2021
  • Maggie Hassanb. 1958USAmerican politician (born 1958)
  • Samia Suluhu Hassanb. 1960TZPresident of Tanzania since 2021
  • Hasan Nasrallahb. 1960LBLeader of Hezbollah (1960-2024)
  • Rima Hassanb. 1992FRFrench–Palestinian politician and legal scholar, French MEP

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

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Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 140 sources across 71 countries.

Official registers attesting Hassan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202031K#1,107
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201022K#1,652
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200012K#2,762

Reference works 10

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hassan mean, and where does it come from?
(i) from a Muslim personal name derived from Arabic hassan 'beautifier'; (ii) see Hasan Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Hassan?
A machine transcription gives /həsɑn/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Hassan have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 531 thousand people named Hasan, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Hassan?
In the United States, the national register counted 18,513 people named Hassan in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
How common is Hassan compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Hassan is the 7th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hassan” — the 7th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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