The baby name Sasan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /sɑːˈsɑːn/ (SAH-sahn).
Sasan is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Sasan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /sɑːˈsɑːn/ (SAH-sahn).
Sasan is Persian in Origin.
Sasan is a Persian masculine name from Middle Persian Sāsān, best known as the eponym of the Sasanian imperial house that ruled Iran from 224 to 651 CE. Its exact meaning is uncertain; scholars often relate it to an Indo‑Iranian root meaning “to rule/teach” (cf. śās-/sās-), while Zoroastrian tradition treats Sāsān as an ancestral or possibly theophoric figure, lending the name connotations of authority and noble lineage.
The name appears in royal inscriptions and in the late Middle Persian romance Kār‑nāmag ī Ardašīr, where Sāsān is ancestor to Ardashir I. After fading post‑antiquity, Sasan continued in Persianate and Kurdish milieus and has enjoyed a 20th‑ and 21st‑century revival in Iran and the diaspora, valued for pre‑Islamic heritage. Variants and spellings include Sāsān (scholarly transliteration), Sasan, Sassan (English), and the patronymic Sasani; Armenian and Georgian also attest borrowed forms.
| Sasan Sasan is best known as the legendary ancestor and namesake of the Sasanian Dynasty of Persia. According to tradition, he was a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars and was remembered as a great warrior and hunter who lived around the early 3rd century, near the fall of the Parthian Empire. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | 0 | #74 | 3 | 1,883 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #119 | 1,802 | 10,162 |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #130 | 2 | 3,473 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| IQ | 0 | #131 | 3 | 3,533 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2004 | #156 | 2 | 1,088 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AE | 0 | #184 | 4 | 10,220 | |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| IR | 0 | #191 | 39 | 4,221 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #268 | 7 | 3,535 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #325 | 8 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #432 | 11 | 2,180 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #476 | 55 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #481 | 24 | 11,303 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #491 | 178 | 13,071 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #540 | 2 | 7,500 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #558 | 4 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #594 | 4 | 20,968 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #675 | 8 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #735 | 9 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #754 | 16 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #907 | 46 | 5,697 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #912 | 7 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #913 | 39 | 5,873 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #921 | 5 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,061 | 32 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,150 | 62 | 19,440 | |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,232 | 3 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,447 | 25 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Sasan is popular in 41 countries — most recent births per country:
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