Ghassan

Where Ghassan comes from

Said to be named after a nearby lake of the same name.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ghassan
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #5,059 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Peak, #3,838
    10 babies named Ghassan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.