Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Hossam isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hossam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 69 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,067 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,067 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 581 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hossam’s family of names
In Arabic usage, Hossam has an alternative transcription in Hosam.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hossam
- Houssam EssadakMoroccan footballerborn 2005
- Houssam GhachaAlgerian association football playerborn 1995
- Husam al-Din Choban13th century commander1101–1201
- Hossam BahgatEgyptian human rights activist and investigative journalistborn 1978
- Houssam El-Din Mustafadirector and film actor1926–2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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