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Yasser

Only about 79 men in Poland carry it, rare enough that most people here have never met one. A Hebrew name at root, meaning wealth and ease.

Yasser Pronunciation

Alive in 2025
79
Newborns 2025
<2
National rank
#4016

What Yasser means

Where Yasser comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Yasser reaches Polish registers with a Hebrew origin and an Arabic face. The short meaning given to it is plain: wealthy, ease. The Arabic ياسر sits close to that sense, tied to the idea of something made easy or plentiful.

The best known bearer is Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader who died in 2004. His name kept the same two ideas, comfort and abundance, before a global audience for decades.

Poland gives Yasser no name-day, and no diminutive has grown up around it here. A child called Yasser stands alone on a school register, the only one in the class. The name stays short. Four letters after the Y carry the meaning: wealthy, ease.

How many people are named Yasser

1 in 270205 men in Poland is named Yasser. 79 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4016 among male names.

People with the name Yasser 2019 → 2025
79 +27 since 2019
2020 54 +2
2021 54 0
2022 59 +5
2023 63 +4
2024 73 +10
2025 79 +6

Yasser's popularity over time

Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.

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<2 newborns with the name Yasser in 2025
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Yasser as a middle name

Yasser is a first name for 79 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1900th, between Yasi̇n (22) and Yong (22).

As a first name
79
As a middle name
22
first name 78% middle name 22%

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