Given name & surname
Husam
“one who wields a sword”
Husam is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who wields a sword.”
Original ArabicHussam
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who wields a sword.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Husam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 444
- 444 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,727 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,727 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,290 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.
Husam’s family of names
In Arabic usage, Husam has an alternative transcription in HUSSAM.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Husam
- Hossam HassanEgyptian association football player and coachborn 1966
- Hossam GhalyEgyptian former footballer (born 1981)
- Hossam AshourEgyptian association football playerborn 1986
- Hussam Abu SafiyaPalestinian physicianborn 1973
- Husam Abu DahabJordanian footballerborn 2000
- Hossam ShabatPalestinian journalist (2001–2025)
- Hossam HassanEgyptian association football player (born 1989)
- Hossam Abdel-MoneimEgyptian association football playerborn 1975
- Hossam RamzyEgyptian percussionist and music producer (1953-2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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