Entry № 0968 · Arabic origin

Hasina Hasina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hah-SEE-nah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Arabic

Meaning

"Beautiful (longest-serving female head of government, Bangladesh)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Arabic)

The meaning

A name that means "beautiful (longest-serving female head of government, bangladesh)".

Hasina (حسينة) is the Arabic feminine of hasan (beautiful, good). **Sheikh Hasina (born 1947)** was Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996-2001 and again from 2009-2024 — **the longest-serving female head of government in world history** (over 20 years). **Daughter of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman** (who was assassinated with most of her family in 1975 while she was abroad). Her government oversaw substantial economic growth before her dramatic ouster in August 2024.

Subject of numerous biographies of Bangladeshi political history.

Beautiful. Longest-serving female head of government in world history (over 20 years).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

حسينة

Transliteration: Ḥasīna
Pronunciation: / həˈsiː.nə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Hasina stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Hasina · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Hasinas before her.

Real people

Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

born 1947

In fiction

Hasina

Common Arabic name.

Names connected to Hasina.

Numerology

The number behind Hasina.

The Communicator

Hasina reduces to three — the number of Bangladesh's PM.

Parents on Hasina

Why families chose this name.

"Bangladesh's PM. Six letters. Hasina."

Aaliya · Mother of one · Dhaka