Globally, ﺣﺴﻴﻦ (ﺣﺴﻴﻦ 
) is a common male given name. The forename ﺣﺴﻴﻦ is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Syria, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely female name, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. Likewise, ﺣﺴﻴﻦ is the last name as well as the forename.