Hasan

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian, Albanian
Scripts حسن(Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Shahmukhi) হাসান(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. HA-san(Arabic)  [key·IPA]

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

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   serious   nerdy  

Categories

beauty, comedians, currently out of the US top 1000, goodness, Gundam characters, kings, martyrs, top 10 in Bangladesh, top 10 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, top 10 in Northern Cyprus, Turkish presidents, virtues, world leaders
Entry updated December 7, 2022