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The popularity of the name Hassan or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin is not only in the Arab world (including Arab Christians) but also in the Muslim world. The Irish last name Hassan or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin is frequently found especially in the area of Derry in Northern Ireland and also everywhere where there is a sizable ...
The more common name حَسَن Ḥasan (as in the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson Hasan ibn Ali), [3] coming from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, has two short vowels and a single /s/. Its meaning is 'the good' or 'the handsome'.
Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". [1] [citation needed] This root occurs 194 times in the Qur'an, in 12 derived forms. [2] The root is also used in the Hebrew word חסון meaning strong sturdy or handsome.
Hassan (character), a character from the Pakistani drama serial Dastaan Hassan, son of the fictional Indian R&AW agent Tiger in the YRF Spy Universe , portrayed by Jineet Rath and Vishal Jethwa Hassan , a 1922 play by James Elroy Flecker , with incidental music by Frederick Delius
Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, or Husain (/ h uː ˈ s eɪ n /; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful".
For words and place names which are common in Hebrew, but not in English, a similar guideline to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) should be used, only for Hebrew: if there is a common Hebrew way of writing the word, it should be transliterated into English from the accepted Hebrew writing, ignoring the Arabic version. An Arabic script ...
* Yasu' is the Arab Christian name, while ʿĪsā is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an. There is debate as to which is the better rendition of the Aramaic Ishuʿ, because both names are of late origin. ** Yuhanna is the Arab Christian name of John, while Yahya is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an.
For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world. The related Biblical name of Jehiah (Hebrew: יְחִיָּה, romanized: Yəḥiyā, lit. 'Yahweh lives') has the Arabic form Yaḥiyyā (Arabic: يَحِيَّى)., [1] with the exact Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya.