Hussain
An Arabic name meaning "handsome, good". Only 51 men in Poland carry it and no boys have been given it this century, so most Poles have never met one.
Hussain Pronunciation
What Hussain means
Where Hussain comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hussain begins in Arabic as a diminutive of Hasan. Both grow from a root that means good and handsome, so the name carries a small, affectionate sense: little beauty. The short meaning holds to that reading. Handsome, good.
Most people who meet the name meet Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He died at Karbala in 680, and his memory gave the name a place in prayer and mourning across the Muslim world. Families have named sons after him for more than thirteen centuries.
In Poland the name is rare, and a teacher reading a class register might pause over the spelling. It keeps its Arabic shape, without a Polish diminutive of its own. That is a name meaning handsome and good, from the same root as Hasan.
How many people are named Hussain
1 in 418553 men in Poland is named Hussain. 51 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5272 among male names.
Hussain as a middle name
Hussain is a first name for 51 men in Poland and a middle name for another 100, a 34/66 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 711th, between Wayne (101) and Jairo (100).
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#709 Rodrigo101
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#710 Wayne101
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#711 Hussain100
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#712 Jairo100
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#713 Shlomo100