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Ihsan

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Meaning

Kindness; a good deed (Arabic word background)

The personal-name article explicitly records the Arabic spelling إحسان for Ihsan. The Arabic dictionary entry supplies acting kindly and good-deed senses for that word. This explains documented word background, not a claim about a bearer’s character or beliefs; the religious sense is contextual rather than imposed on every use.

Origin

Arabic given-name tradition.

The exact personal-name article identifies Ihsan as an Arabic masculine given name and records its Arabic-script spelling. This describes the linguistic tradition, not a bearer’s ethnicity, nationality or religion.

English pronunciation

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Published name usage

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Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
PlaceYearRecorded usagePublished birthsRankNotes
Canada2025Boys8 · preliminary22692025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France2025Girls10 (rounded to 5)3311Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
France2025Boys50 (rounded to 5)828Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales2024Girls44843Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales2025Boys171538Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States2025Girls910107Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States2025Boys432884Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.

Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.

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Meaning: Kindness; a good deed (Arabic word background)

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The personal-name article explicitly records the Arabic spelling إحسان for Ihsan. The Arabic dictionary entry supplies acting kindly and good-deed senses for that word. This explains documented word background, not a claim about a bearer’s character or beliefs; the religious sense is contextual rather than imposed on every use. Credit: Wikipedia and Wiktionary contributors. Source text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Rare Baby Names condensed the lexical senses and linked them through the explicit source-script spelling; no source audio reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Origin: Arabic given-name tradition.

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The exact personal-name article identifies Ihsan as an Arabic masculine given name and records its Arabic-script spelling. This describes the linguistic tradition, not a bearer’s ethnicity, nationality or religion. Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source image or audio reused.

Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.

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Spelling variant: Ehsan

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Explicitly identified as another transliteration of the name. Separate spellings retain their own popularity records and may have different preferred readings. Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source image or audio reused.

Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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U.S. Social Security Administration

Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

License: Statistics Canada Open Licence

Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.

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