Given name
Sesen
“one who longs for more”
Sesen is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who longs for more.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who longs for more.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sesen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 0 boys · 32 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 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 girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2003.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sesen’s family of names
Sesen has a related form in Sesena. Sesen has a related form in Sesenn. Sesen has a related form in Sesenna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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