Hussein
An Arabic name that carries the sense of "good" or "handsome". Barely 120 men in Poland use it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Hussein Pronunciation
What Hussein means
Where Hussein comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Hussein comes from Arabic, and it began as a small, affectionate form built on the same root that gives Hasan. The two words share one meaning: good, handsome, beautiful. That praise sits inside the name rather than beside it, which is why Arabic families have handed it down for many centuries.
One bearer fixed the name in history. Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, died at Karbala in 680. Muslims mourn him each year on Ashura, and his name became a memorial as much as a compliment. So Hussein reads two ways at once: a plain word for beauty, and a man remembered for how he died.
In Poland the name is rare. Picture a school register where a teacher meets it for the first time and pauses on the double s. The spelling on an official form at the urząd may vary, since Arabic sounds reach the Latin alphabet by more than one road.
What holds through all of it is the sense underneath. Good. Handsome. Beautiful.
How many people are named Hussein
1 in 179380 men in Poland is named Hussein. 119 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3087 among male names.
Hussein's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Hussein as a middle name
Hussein is a first name for 119 men in Poland and a middle name for another 84, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 784th, between Frederik (84) and Radek (84).
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