Hasan

Where Hasan comes from

From Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan, “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hasan
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 625
    Hasan ibn Ali born
    5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
  2. 1958
    First appearance
    #3,944 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Hasan Salihamidžić born
    Bosnian football player and executive
  4. 1978
    Peak, #950
    83 babies named Hasan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Namesakes
  • Hasan ibn Ali · 5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam, 625–669
  • Hasan Salihamidžić · Bosnian football player and executive, born 1977
  • Hasan al-Basri · Arab Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher and judge, 642–728
  • Hasan Şaş · Turkish association football player, born 1976
  • Hasan al-Turabi · Sudanese religious and political leader, 1932–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.