Given name & surname
Hossein
Hossein is a masculine given name from Persian. It is used in Cebuano.
Original Persianحسین
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Hossein developed from حسین.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hossein through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,531 as a first name in 2020; 295 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.
Hossein’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Hossein developed from the Persian form حسین.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hossein
- Hossein ShahabiIranian screenwriter, producer and film director (1967–2023)
- The Iron SheikIranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
- Seyyed Hossein NasrIranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)
- Hossein Kanaanizadeganlranian football playerborn 1994
- Hossein RezazadehIranian weightlifterborn 1978
- Hossein HosseiniIranian footballer (born 1992)
- Hossein KaebiIranian footballerborn 1985
- Hossein MahiniIranian footballerborn 1986
- Hossein Wahid KhorasaniIranian Grand Ayatollahborn 1921
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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