Muhammad-Hussain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad-hu-SAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Muhammad-Hussain is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy + little good one, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Muhammad-Hussain mean?
Arabic: Muhammad + Hussain
“praised, praiseworthy + little good one, handsome”
Joins Muhammad (Arabic, “praised, praiseworthy”) and Hussain (Arabic, “little good one, handsome”).
Meanings borrowed from Muhammad and Hussain.
Is Muhammad-Hussain a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhammad-Hussain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhammad-Hussain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 275% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Muhammad-Hussain, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Muhammad-Hussain of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Muhammad-Hussain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
Names like Muhammad-Hussain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Abdullah, Umar, Zayan, Abdulrahman, Amir, Zayyan, Huzaifa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muhammad-Hussain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhammad-hussain, updated 20 October 2026.