The baby name Yassen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced YAH-sen or YAS-en (IPA: /ˈjɑːsən/ or /ˈjæsən/).
The baby name Yassen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced YAH-sen or YAS-en (IPA: /ˈjɑːsən/ or /ˈjæsən/).
Yassen is Arabic, Slavic in Origin.
Yassen is a masculine name with South Slavic roots, commonly a Bulgarian transliteration of Yasen (Ясен). The Slavic stem jasn- means clear, bright, and also names the ash tree (Bulgarian yasen, Russian yasen). The double-s spelling is a Latin-script variant. Used in Bulgaria since the late 19th–20th centuries, it suits revival-era nature and virtue naming. Related forms include Yasen, Iassen/Iasen, and Jasen across South Slavic languages.
Separately, Yassen can be a cross-language rendering of the Arabic Yasin/Yaseen/Yassin (Quran 36). Its meaning in Arabic is debated, often viewed as the mysterious letters ya-sin or an honorific for the Prophet, so it functions as a devotional name. Contemporary usage appears in Bulgaria and its diaspora and in Arabic-speaking or Francophone regions; variants include Yassine and Yassin, while Yassen sometimes arises in mixed-language families.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | 0 | #75 | 8 | 1,799 | |
| SD | 0 | #90 | 11 | 2,130 | |
| IQ | 0 | #119 | 11 | 3,533 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #137 | 5,066 | 15,035 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #181 | 2 | 1,509 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #195 | 331 | 10,523 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #202 | 18 | 3,850 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #277 | 102 | 7,057 |
| IL | 0 | #281 | 2 | 6,291 | |
| SA | 0 | #282 | 14 | 10,560 | |
| YE | 0 | #296 | 86 | 8,639 | |
| EG | 0 | #298 | 106 | 6,387 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #310 | 489 | 13,071 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #316 | 1,326 | 14,742 |
| France | Boys | 1983 | #325 | 4 | 1,563 |
| Canada | Boys | 2018 | #326 | 6 | 2,587 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #355 | 4 | 7,678 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| LY | 0 | #382 | 157 | 12,703 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| SY | 0 | #478 | 279 | 11,684 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #491 | 14 | 11,303 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #516 | 33 | 10,655 |
| BH | 0 | #539 | 15 | 17,937 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #541 | 10 | 12,054 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #554 | 8 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #569 | 39 | 10,983 |
| MA | 0 | #571 | 754 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #589 | 9 | 20,968 |
| LB | 0 | #633 | 26 | 13,263 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #677 | 93 | 18,755 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #682 | 26 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| TN | 0 | #743 | 87 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #850 | 32 | 17,948 |
| United States | Boys | 2020 | #893 | 6 | 7,187 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #894 | 42 | 25,931 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #911 | 20 | 5,610 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #939 | 13 | 5,873 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 58 | 22,615 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,119 | 58 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,152 | 492 | 28,008 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,161 | 18 | 25,619 |
| TR | 0 | #1,168 | 44 | 19,440 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,422 | 50 | 10,046 |
Yassen is popular in 43 countries — most recent births per country:
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