Hossein
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hossein is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Alternative spelling of Husayn.
- IRIran≈1 in 6.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- TRTürkiye1 in 143as Hüseyin
- CYCyprus≈1 in 226as Hüseyin
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 Hossein 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)
- #176 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 330 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)
571,822 named Hüseyin, 2025
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Iran, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Hüseyin in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, CY Cyprus, Hussain in PK Pakistan, SA Saudi Arabia, KW Kuwait, Hossain in BD Bangladesh and ሁሴን in ET Ethiopia.
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)
Alternative spelling of Husayn.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hossein 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #8 | 571,822as Hüseyin | 1 in 143 | 572K | Hüseyin | 154 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Hussain | 193 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 826 | 4.6K | Hossain | 219 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 646 | listed | ሁሴን | 27 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 536 | listed | Hussain | 167 |
| SY Syria | #19 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 430 | — | Hüseyin | 32 |
| IR Iran | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Hossein | 123 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 530 | — | Hussain | 113 |
| CY Cyprus | #6 | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 226 | — | Hüseyin | 32 |
571,822 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; Bangladeshi name database containing surnames and first names categorized by gender and frequency.. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Husayn ibn Alib. 626SAnot in their usual namegrandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
- Avicennab. 980UZnot in their usual namePersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardyb. 1892PKnot in their usual nameBengali barrister and politician (1892–1963)
- Hussain Muhammad Ershadb. 1930BDnot in their usual namePresident of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990 Former (6th) Army chief of Bangladesh
- Barack Obamab. 1934KEnot in their usual nameeconomist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
- Hussein I of Jordanb. 1935JOnot in their usual nameKing of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
- Mir-Hossein Mousavib. 1941IRIranian architect and politician
- Hissène Habréb. 1942TDnot in their usual name5th president of Chad
- Iron Sheikb. 1942IRnot in their usual nameIranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
- Ahmed al-Sharaab. 1982SYnot in their usual namePresident of Syria since 2025
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 31 countries.
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Hossein mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative spelling of Husayn. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Hossein a male or female name?
- Hossein is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Hossein?
- In the etymology graph, Hasan, Hüseyin and Alassane are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Hossein have the most bearers?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted about 572 thousand people named Hüseyin, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Hossein?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 571,822 people named Hüseyin in 2025, about 1 in 143 residents.
- How common is Hossein compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Hossein is the 8th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hossein?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hosseinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Hossein” — the 8th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.