Hussein Forename
Approximately 1,992,029 people bear this name
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Hussein or Husayn (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 100% | 622,740 | 1:56 | 4 |
| Syria | - | 190,973 | 1:101 | 17 |
| Yemen | - | 187,271 | 1:140 | 18 |
| Egypt | 100% | 179,926 | 1:511 | 93 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 97,176 | 1:543 | 100 |
| Somalia | - | 90,114 | 1:150 | 24 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 80,356 | 1:406 | 54 |
| Kenya | 90% | 72,565 | 1:638 | 116 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 66,899 | 1:84 | 6 |
| Kuwait | - | 66,593 | 1:57 | 3 |
| Sudan | 100% | 60,882 | 1:621 | 110 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 50,313 | 1:142 | 16 |
| Jordan | 100% | 43,222 | 1:204 | 22 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 32,250 | 1:3,025 | 504 |
| Uganda | 97% | 26,403 | 1:1,551 | 247 |
| Libya | - | 20,014 | 1:311 | 51 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 17,078 | 1:205 | 38 |
| Palestine | 100% | 15,781 | 1:288 | 50 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 9,894 | 1:17,947 | 1,910 |
| Burundi | 100% | 6,517 | 1:1,520 | 470 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| United States | 100% | 4,558 | 1:79,539 | 3,822 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,786 | 1:4,520 | 686 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,972 | 1:10,368 | 1,491 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,969 | 1:9,083 | 1,103 |
| Ghana | 89% | 2,472 | 1:10,917 | 1,028 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 2,417 | 1:30,545 | 2,249 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,182 | 1:1,883 | 288 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,894 | 1:5,205 | 573 |
| England | 100% | 1,889 | 1:29,435 | 1,649 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,413 | 1:23,449 | 2,021 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,232 | 1:78,472 | 1,829 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,172 | 1:25,981 | 2,481 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,092 | 1:620 | 117 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,022 | 1:76,807 | 2,253 |
| Brazil | 100% | 995 | 1:215,313 | 9,379 |
| Morocco | 100% | 955 | 1:35,967 | 1,727 |
| Bahrain | - | 681 | 1:1,980 | 327 |
| India | 80% | 510 | 1:2,382,114 | 117,293 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Djibouti | - | 500 | 1:1,831 | 293 |
| Denmark | - | 454 | 1:12,444 | 942 |
| France | 100% | 442 | 1:150,385 | 2,784 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Indonesia | - | 387 | 1:666,573 | 46,285 |
| Philippines | 96% | 361 | 1:293,655 | 11,558 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 331 | 1:91,244 | 4,292 |
| South Africa | 100% | 304 | 1:179,384 | 11,986 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Norway | 100% | 260 | 1:19,740 | 1,195 |
| Belgium | 100% | 248 | 1:46,331 | 2,360 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Mexico | 100% | 211 | 1:588,362 | 6,140 |
| Gabon | - | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Spain | 100% | 178 | 1:261,404 | 4,662 |
| Senegal | 100% | 168 | 1:86,794 | 2,653 |
| Israel | 94% | 160 | 1:52,518 | 3,161 |
| Thailand | 100% | 158 | 1:443,455 | 21,952 |
| Algeria | 100% | 134 | 1:284,901 | 3,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 131 | 1:176,152 | 9,118 |
| Austria | 100% | 125 | 1:68,114 | 1,740 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 123 | 1:66,776 | 2,544 |
| Peru | 100% | 116 | 1:274,064 | 6,260 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 112 | 1:150,911 | 6,484 |
| Italy | 100% | 102 | 1:598,648 | 6,056 |
| Australia | - | 100 | 1:136,576 | 4,329 |
| Zambia | - | 99 | 1:160,149 | 6,174 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Panama | 100% | 87 | 1:44,903 | 3,146 |
| Congo | 100% | 83 | 1:60,352 | 4,348 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Guinea | 100% | 67 | 1:176,995 | 2,493 |
| Finland | 70% | 66 | 1:83,079 | 2,172 |
| Ecuador | - | 64 | 1:276,983 | 4,035 |
| Russia | 100% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| New Zealand | - | 55 | 1:82,474 | 3,753 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Haiti | 100% | 54 | 1:198,647 | 8,878 |
| Maldives | 93% | 53 | 1:8,187 | 426 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 51 | 1:141,898 | 2,844 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Greece | 100% | 50 | 1:218,691 | 4,292 |
| Mauritius | - | 49 | 1:26,485 | 2,170 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 48 | 1:382,906 | 14,153 |
| Colombia | 88% | 48 | 1:995,394 | 11,382 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Liberia | 100% | 47 | 1:93,874 | 4,147 |
| Ireland | 100% | 44 | 1:105,535 | 2,547 |
| Romania | 100% | 42 | 1:477,428 | 13,391 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 40 | 1:385,595 | 19,040 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 36 | 1:132,027 | 148 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Scotland | 100% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| Argentina | 67% | 26 | 1:1,645,125 | 6,777 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 19 | 1:934,044 | 10,348 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Cambodia | 77% | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Guyana | 100% | 16 | 1:47,704 | 4,533 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Chile | 79% | 15 | 1:1,173,814 | 9,993 |
| Niger | 100% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Barbados | - | 12 | 1:24,149 | 1,919 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 12 | 1:72,590 | 2,375 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Wales | 100% | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 6 | 1:682,540 | 11,802 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Hungary | 100% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Hüssein (21) & Husseín (1) are calculated separately.
Hussein (3,507,966) may also be a surname.
Hussein Forename Meaning
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Hussein or Husayn (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms 'Hussain' or 'Hossain' may be used. Other variants include Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussin, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn (etc.).
Pronunciation:
- Arabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
- Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
- Persian: [ho'sejn]
- Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period, and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.
- turquoiseHussein or Husayn (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms 'Hussain' or 'Hossain' may be used. Other variants include Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussin, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn (etc.).
Pronunciation
- Arabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
- Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
- Persian: [ho'sejn]
- Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period, and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.
- turquoiseHussein or Husayn (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms 'Hussain' or 'Hossain' may be used. Other variants include Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussin, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn (etc.).
Pronunciation
- Arabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
- Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
- Persian: [ho'sejn]
- Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period, and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.
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Hussein Demographics
Average Hussein Salary in
United States
$41,846 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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