Hassan
A Hebrew root that found its home in Arabic, where it means "handsome, good": a quality handed over at birth rather than a thing. Around 300 men in Poland carry it and almost no boys get it now, so meeting one stays memorable.
Hassan Pronunciation
What Hassan means
Where Hassan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Hassan reaches back to a Hebrew root, though the people who carry it mostly know it through Arabic tradition. There the meaning stayed near the surface: handsome, good. It names a quality rather than a thing.
Hassan comes without a diminutive attached, and it offers no softer variant to slip into. There is only the one form. On a Polish class register it sits between a Kacper and an Igor without snagging, and at the urząd it fills an official form cleanly.
In Arabic history the name belonged to real people, among them Hasan, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad who died around 670. That plainness still does work. A short adjective, handed over at birth, asks to be lived up to rather than admired. The Arabic sense held on: handsome, good.
How many people are named Hassan
1 in 72606 men in Poland is named Hassan. 294 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1764 among male names.
Hassan's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Hassan as a middle name
Hassan is a first name for 294 men in Poland and a middle name for another 193, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 487th, between Henri (195) and Matthias (193).
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#485 Luca199
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#486 Henri195
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#487 Hassan193
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#488 Matthias193
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#489 Sambor193