Ghassan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Said to be named after a nearby lake of the same name.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ghassan (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 135 |
| 2000 | 137 |
| 2001 | 140 |
| 2002 | 144 |
| 2003 | 145 |
| 2004 | 149 |
| 2005 | 154 |
| 2006 | 172 |
| 2007 | 192 |
| 2008 | 207 |
| 2009 | 220 |
| 2010 | 222 |
| 2011 | 233 |
| 2012 | 245 |
| 2013 | 275 |
| 2014 | 320 |
| 2015 | 383 |
| 2016 | 458 |
| 2017 | 485 |
| 2018 | 511 |
| 2019 | 525 |
| 2020 | 532 |
Ghassan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ghassan.Hi! My name is Ghassan.
- Har du träffat Ghassan? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Ghassan? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Ghassan kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ghassan is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ghassans mamma är lärare.Ghassan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ghassans mamma is Ghassan's mum.
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How do you pronounce Ghassan in Swedish?
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What does the name Ghassan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Said to be named after a nearby lake of the same name.
How popular is Ghassan in Sweden?
3 babies were named Ghassan in 2022. In 2020, 532 people in Sweden had Ghassan as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.