HUSSEIN  

Gender: M
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: "small, handsome one"

Familiar to Westerners as the name of the respected king of Jordan, but also as the surname of Saddam.

Variations:
Husayn, Husein, Husain

Hussein is being discussed in our message boards:

• What is the most unusual name you have ever heard on a boy?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Hussein:

• BARACK: NAME OF THE FUTURE