Given name & surname
Husein
“the small handsome one; a good man”
Husein is a variant of Hussein. One Arabic interpretation is “the small handsome one; a good man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Husein is a variant of Hussein. One Arabic interpretation is “the small handsome one; a good man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Husein is a variant of Hussein. An origin associated with Hussein is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Husein through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 88
- 88 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 567 as a first name in 2020; 1,002 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.
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 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.
People named Husein
- Husein GradaščevićBosnian Muslim general (1802–1834)
- Husein KavazovićGrand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012born 1964
- Husein MehmedovBulgarian Olympic wrestler (1924-2014)
- Husein MiljkovićBosnian politician (1905–1944)
- Husein MutaharIndonesian diplomat and music composer1916–2004
- Hussain SalmanBahraini footballerborn 1982
- Husein HasanefendićBosnian-Herzegovinian musicianborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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