MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hassan mean?
Hassan commonly represents Arabic Ḥasan, good or beautiful, in South Asian use. Husayn is the diminutive name in the same Arabic word family.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हसन
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हस्सान
437 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hassan in Indian usage
73,791 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 26,151 records (35.4%).
- Recorded as male: 47,640 records (64.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,506 |
| 1940s | 4,494 |
| 1950s | 8,835 |
| 1960s | 13,223 |
| 1970s | 15,337 |
| 1980s | 18,207 |
| 1990s | 11,873 |
| Other decades | 316 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 29,836 |
| Bihar | 8,484 |
| Kerala | 8,362 |
| Maharashtra | 6,578 |
| Rajasthan | 4,013 |
| Haryana | 3,223 |
| Jharkhand | 2,491 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,327 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,285 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,268 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 986 |
| Delhi | 971 |
| Punjab | 721 |
| Gujarat | 445 |
| Goa | 295 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 124 |
| Karnataka | 101 |
| Other states | 281 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Hassan / M | 191 | 247 |
| Scotland | Hassan / M | 10 | 333 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Mohd Hassan Marican
Malaysian manager and entrepreneur
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Hassan (Q107178443) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Hassan (Q16276444) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Hassan; Table_6, C252 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Hassan; Table_6, C252
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Hassan; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Hassan; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: Hassan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.