Hasan

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian
Scripts حسن(Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Shahmukhi) হাসান(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. HA-san(Arabic)
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Meaning & History

Means "handsome" in Arabic, from the root حَسُنَ (hasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.

Related Names

VariantsAl-Hasan, Hassan(Arabic)
DiminutivesHisein, Husain, Husayn, Hussain, Hussein(Arabic) Hüseyin(Turkish) Hossein(Persian)
Other Languages & CulturesHəsən, Hüseyn(Azerbaijani) Khasan(Bashkir) Husein(Bosnian) Khasan(Chechen) Khasan(Circassian) Khasan(Ingush) Husên(Kurdish) Khasan(Ossetian) Xasan(Somali) Khasan(Tatar) Alassane, Alhassan, Lassana(Western African)
Same SpellingHəsən

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Entry updated November 16, 2019