Given name & surname
Yasser
“one who is well-off financially”
Yasser is a variant of Yasir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is well-off financially.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yasser is a variant of Yasir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is well-off financially.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yasser is a variant of Yasir. An origin associated with Yasir is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
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
Yasser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,219
- 1,219 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,763 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,763 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,483 as a first name in 2020; 121 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yasser
- Yasser ArafatPalestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
- Yasser Al-QahtaniSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1982
- Yasser Al-MosailemSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1984
- Yasser TrikiAlgerian athleteborn 1997
- Yasser LarouciAlgerian association football playerborn 2001
- Yasser Abu ShababPalestinian militant leader in Gaza (1993–2025)
- Yasir ibn AmirCompanion (Sahabi) of Muhammad, and father of Ammar
- Yaser HamedPalestinian association football playerborn 1997
- Yassir ZabiriMoroccan footballerborn 2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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