Given name & surname
Hasan
“a handsome man”
Hasan is a variant of Hassan. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Original Arabicحَسَن
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hasan is a variant of Hassan. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Hasan developed from حَسَن.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hasan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,398
- 5,398 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 184 babies
- 2025
- 184
- #1,147 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 184 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,147 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (24). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,518 as a first name in 2020; 14,144 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.
Hasan’s family of names
Hasan has a diminutive in HAS. In Hausa usage, Hasan has a feminine form in Hasana. Hasan has a related form in Hassan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hasan has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Hasan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- حَسَنroot · Arabic
- Hasaanequivalent
- Hasanafeminine form · Hausa
- ܚܣܢequivalent
- Хәсәнcognate · Bashkir
- ḥassānequivalent
- حسانequivalent
- HəsənAzerbaijani
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See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hasan
- Hasan ibn Ali5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam625–669
- Nizam al-MulkPersian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official (1018–1092)
- Hasan SalihamidžićBosnian football player and executiveborn 1977
- Hasan al-BasriArab Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher and judge (c.642–728)
- Hasan al-Askarieleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams845–874
- Hasan ŞaşTurkish association football player (born 1976)
- Hassan al-TurabiSudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)
- Hasan PikerAmerican political commentator (born 1991)
- Hasan PrishtinaAlbanian politician (1873-1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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