Hasan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hassan in MY Malaysia, EG Egypt, PK Pakistan and 12 more, Хасан in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UZ Uzbekistan and 2 more, Hasani in IR Iran, TZ Tanzania and Hutson in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hasan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname3.6M records spelled Hasan50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, India, Malaysia

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Hàśàñ, Haşan, Häsän, Häśãń, Háşaņ

• a separate surname594K records spelled Hasan17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Ethiopia

  Also written Ḥasan, Hǎsǎn, Ḩasan, Ḣasan, Hăsăn

• Spanish surname96K records spelled Hasan33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Ḥasan, H'Asan, Hasán, Hàsàn, Hāšâń

• Danish surname13K records spelled Hasan19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, India

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Ḥasan, Haşan, Häsän, Håsãn, Hàsàn

• Albanian surname12K records spelled Hasan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Albania, India, Türkiye

  Also written Haşan, Ḥasan

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hasan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, ‘good, handsome’; name of Prophet Muḥammad’s grandson

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, good, handsome; name of Hasan, grandson of the Prophet.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• from the Arabic personal name Hasan ‘good’, ‘handsome’. Hasan (c. 625-669) and his brother Husain were sons of the khalif 'All ibn AbT Talib (see Ali) and, through their mother Fatima, grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad. Shiite Muslims regard Hasan and his brother Husain as the true successors of Muhammad. The name is popular among Sunni Muslims as well as Shiites.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• ‘Good’, ‘beautiful’. Shiites regard Hasan and his brother Husayn as the legitimate successors of Muhammad.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, The eldest son of Ali and brother of Husayn, both are Imams.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 150 years between 1870–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Uzun Hassanb. 1423TRnot in their usual namegreatest shah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (r. 1453–1478)
• Mohammad Hasan Akhundb. 1945AFPrime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• Galit Hasan-Rokemb. 1945ILIsraeli poet and professor
• Rizwana Hasanb. 1968BDBangladeshi Activist
• Nidal Malik Hasanb. 1970USAmerican Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
• Anu Hasanb. 1970INIndian actress
• Ahmed Hassanb. 1975EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player.
• Roy Hasanb. 1983ILIsraeli poet
• Mehedi Hasanb. 1997BDBangladesh cricketer
• Aitzaz Hasanb. 1999PKPakistani schoolboy

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,057 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hasan?

We estimate roughly 99 thousand people bear Hasan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Hasan have the most bearers?

Hasan is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled hasan.

How common is Hasan compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Hasan is the 11th most common surname of 11,292 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Hasan mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Arabic personal name Hasan, literally 'good, handsome'