Given name & surname
Hassan
“a handsome man”
Hassan is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Original Arabicحَسَن
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Possibly from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “cantor”), from Ladino hassan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hassan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,307
- 12,300 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 447 babies
- 2025
- 447
- #626 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 447 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 626 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (63). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,513 as a first name in 2020; 31,210 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.
Hassan’s family of names
In Tausug usage, Hassan has a related form in Hasan. Hassan has a related form in Hasan. Hassan has a related form in Hasani.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hassan has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Hassan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hasanvariant · tsg
- Hasanivariant
- Hassainvariant
- Hassaanvariant · English
- Hassannlikely variant
- Hassainevariant · French
- Hacènevariant · French
- Hasaneavariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
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.
- حَسَنsource · Arabic
- Hasaanequivalent
- Irishoriginal
- حسنequivalent
- Хасанequivalent
- Հասանequivalent
- Xasanequivalent
- АсанRussian
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People named Hassan
- Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poet756–814
- Hassan RouhaniPresident of Iran from 2013 to 2021born 1948
- Hassan NasrallahLeader of Hezbollah (1960-2024)
- Hassan IIKing of Morocco from 1961 to 19991929–1999
- Hassan Sheikh MohamudSomali removal of presidentborn 1955
- Hassan al-BannaEgyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)
- Hasan-i SabbahThe founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)1037–1124
- Hassan Gouled AptidonPresident of Djibouti (1916-2006)
- Hasan al-Askarieleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams845–874
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