Hossam is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the sharp sword or a cutting blade.” In England & Wales it was given to 5 boys in 2023.
Hossam belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the sharp sword or a cutting blade” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hossam first appears in Social Security records in 1999. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10049 in 2013, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 62 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hossam means “the sharp sword or a cutting blade” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hossam is a boy name. In England & Wales, 5 babies received the name in 2023.
Hossam comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Hossam first appears in US records in 1999. Its best-ever ranking was #10049 in 2013, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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