Gender Masculine
Scripts حسّان(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. has-SAN(Arabic)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "beautifier, improver" in Arabic. Hassan ibn Thabit was a 7th-century poet who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. This name is sometimes transcribed as Hasan, though the two names are spelled distinctly in Arabic.

Related Names

VariantsAl-Hasan, Hasan(Arabic)
DiminutivesHisein, Husain, Husayn, Hussain, Hussein(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesHasan(Albanian) Həsən, Hüseyn(Azerbaijani) Khasan(Bashkir) Hasan(Bengali) Husein(Bosnian) Khasan(Chechen) Khasan(Circassian) Hasan(Indonesian) Khasan(Ingush) Husên(Kurdish) Khasan(Ossetian) Hasan(Punjabi) Xasan(Somali) Khasan(Tatar) Hasan, Hüseyin(Turkish) Alassane, Alhassan, Lassana(Western African)
Surname DescendantsHassan(Arabic) Hassan(Persian) Hassan(Urdu)

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Entry updated November 16, 2019