Given name & surname
Muhsin
“a charitable man”
Muhsin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a charitable man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a charitable man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic مُحْسِن (“charitable”); its root is Arabic ح س ن.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Muhsin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 653
- 653 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #2,970 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,970 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 2017. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 515 as a first name in 2020; 331 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.
Muhsin’s family of names
Muhsin has a related form in Muhsean. Muhsin has a related form in Muhseen. Muhsin has a related form in Muhsein.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Muhsin has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Muhsin
- Muhsin HendricksSouth African imam and LGBTQIA activist1967–2025
- Muhsin YazıcıoğluTurkish statesperson (1954–2009)
- Muhsin ErtuğrulTurkish actor and director (1892–1979)
- Muhsin ErtuğralTurkish association football manager (born 1959)
- Muhsin al-FadhliAl-Qaeda member (1981-2015)
- Muhsin YaşarTurkish basketball player (born 1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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