Given name & surname · also Persian
Ehsan
“favor, kindness, beneficence”
Ehsan is a masculine given name from Persian (ultimately Arabic), meaning “favor, kindness, beneficence.”
Original Persianاحسان
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ehsan comes from Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Persian احسان (ehsân, “favor, kindness, beneficence”), from Arabic إِحْسَان; its root is Arabic ح س ن.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ehsan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 542
- 542 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #3,534 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +70%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,534 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 70.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,540 as a first name in 2020; 651 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ehsan’s family of names
In English usage, Ehsan was borrowed from the Persian form احسان.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ehsan
- Ehsan HajsafiIranian footballerborn 1990
- Ehsan HaddadiIranian discus throwerborn 1985
- Ehsan YarshaterIranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)
- Ehsan LashgariIranian wrestlerborn 1985
- Ehsan JamiDutch politicianborn 1985
- Ehsan Ghaem MaghamiIranian chess playerborn 1982
- Ehsan TabariIranian philosopher, poet, literary figure1917–1989
- Ehsan NaraghiIranian writer and sociologist (1926–2012)
- Ehsan DaxaIsraeli colonel1983–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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