Hassan (given name)


Hassan ) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world.
As a surname, Hassan may be Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish .

Etymology and spelling

The name Hassan in Arabic means 'handsome' or 'good', or 'benefactor'.
There are two different Arabic names that are both romanized with the spelling "Hassan". However, they are pronounced differently, and in Arabic script spelled differently.
  • The more common name ', coming from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, has two short vowels and a single. Its meaning is 'the good' or 'the handsome'. Its usual form in Classical Arabic is الحسن al-Ḥasan, incorporating the definite article al-, which may be omitted in modern Arabic names.
  • The name ', which comes from the same Arabic root, has a long vowel and a doubled. Its meaning is 'doer of good' or 'benefactor'. It is not used with the definite article in Classical Arabic.
In the romanized spelling Hassan, it is not possible to distinguish which of the two names is intended. The ambiguity can be removed by romanizing the former name as Hasan with a single s, and reserving the spelling Hassan with doubled s for the latter name.
King al-Ḥasan of Morocco is an example of the former. The early Islamic poet Ḥassān ibn Thābit is an example of the latter. In the original Arabic, the two different names are easily distinguished.
;Depending on language and region, spelling variations
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic given name and through the influence of Arabic, languages spoken by Muslims such as Persian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, Uyghur, Turkmen, Somali, Swahili, Berber, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Tatar, Bosnian, Albanian, Bengali, etc. created their own spelling variations.
Therefore, depending on language and region, spelling variations include Hasan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hesen, Hasin, Hassa, Hess, Cassin, Chazan, Chasson, Chason, Khassan, Khasan, Chessar, Casan, Casen, Hasso, Lassana, Alassane, Lacen, Lasanah, Assan, Asan, or Haasan.
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  • In Arabic transcription: حسن, حسان
  • In Turkish: Hasan
  • In Ottoman Turkish: حسن
  • In Tatar: Хәсән
  • In Persian: حسن, حسان
  • In Bosnian: Hasan or Haso
  • In Albanian: Hasan
  • In Azerbaijan: Həsən,
  • In Kurdish: حەسەن, حەسان
  • In Kazakh: Қасен, Хасен, Asan or Äsem
  • In Somali: Xasan
  • In Bengali: হাসান
  • In Sub-Saharan Africa: Lassana, Alassane and Lacen, derived from al-Hassan.
  • In French: Hassan, Hassen or Hacen
  • In Spanish: Hassan, Hassán, Hacen, Hacén, Jassan, Jassán, Jasan or Jasán
  • In Italian: Hassan
  • In Russian transcription: Хасан, Хассан, Хассен, Хэссан, Гасан
  • In Croatian or Serbian or Montenegrin: Aсан or Хасан
  • In Finnish: Hasan''
  • In Chinese: 哈桑/哈山
  • In Korean: 하산
  • In Somali: Hassan

    People

Hacine

  • Hacine Cherifi, former French boxer

    Hasan

  • Hasan I, number of people with the mononym
  • Hasan II, number of people with the mononym
  • Hasan ibn Ali, the first grandson of Muhammad, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, and the second Imam of Shia Islam.
  • Hasan al-Mustadi Ibn al-Mustanjid, famously known as al-Mustadi, was the Caliph of the later Abbasid Caliphate from 18 December 1170 to 27 March 1180.
  • Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada, also known as Muley Hacén in Spanish
  • Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Imam of Twelver Shi‘ism
  • al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, early Islamic scholar
  • Hasan Çelebi, Turkish calligrapher
  • Hasan Čengić, Bosnian former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister
  • Hasan Çetinkaya, Swedish footballer
  • Hasan Corso, Italian who was part of the army of janissaries in the Turkish army
  • Hasan Doğan, Turkish 37th president of the TFF
  • Hasan Gemici, Turkish sports wrestler
  • Hasan Farhat , Lebanese footballer
  • Hasan Fehmi Güneş, Turkish politician
  • Hasan Güngör, Turkish sports wrestler
  • Hasan Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor
  • Hasan Irlu, Iranian diplomat
  • Hasan Izzet, Ottoman general
  • Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
  • Hasan Mahmud , Bangladeshi former Minister of Foreign Affairs who is wanted for crimes
  • Hasan Mahmud , Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Hasan Minhaj, American comedian
  • Hasan Muratović, former Bosniak rector of the University of Sarajevo and former prime minister
  • Hasan Nasbi, Indonesian political consultant and Chief of Presidential Communication Office
  • Hasan Nazih, Iranian lawyer and politician
  • Hasan Piker, Turkish-American Twitch streamer and political commentator
  • Hasan Polatkan, executed Turkish politician
  • Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian football midfielder
  • Hasan Sönmez, Turkish footballer
  • Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
  • Hasan Şerefli, Turkish filmmaker
  • Hasan Ali Yücel, Turkish minister of education
  • Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's Shin Bet

    Hasson

  • Hasson Arbubakrr, a former NFL and CFL player

    Hassan

  • Prince Hassan, served as Crown Prince of Jordan under King Hussein's reign
  • Hassan Engamo, leader of Hadiya
  • Hassan I of Morocco, alaouite sultan of Morocco
  • Hassan II of Morocco, the father of the current King of Morocco
  • Hassan Mohammed Abdirahman, real name of Somali singer-songwriter Aar Maanta
  • Hassan Adams, NBA player
  • Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist and activist
  • Hassan Akhavi, Iranian army general and politician
  • Hassan Al Alfi, Egyptian politician
  • Hassan Assad, converted name of professional wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter
  • Hassan Bahara, Moroccan-Dutch writer
  • Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
  • Hassan Abu Basha, Egyptian army general and politician
  • Hassan Bey Shukri, mayor of Haifa
  • Hassan Bitar, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan Booker, American basketball player and coach
  • Hassan Brijany, Swedish actor
  • Hassan "Moni" Chaito, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan "Shibriko" Chaito, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan Abshir Farah, former Prime Minister of Somalia
  • Hassan Hall, American football player
  • Hassan Haskins, American football player
  • Hassan Heshmat, Egyptian sculptor
  • Hassan Ibrahim, Egyptian military officer and politician
  • Hassan Izz-Al-Din Lebanese terrorist
  • Hassan Johnson, American actor
  • Hassan Jones, former professional American football player
  • Hassan Khan , Indian politician
  • Hassan Chande Kigwalilo, Tanzanian politician
  • Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan Mezher, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan Mohamed, Qatari basketball player
  • Hassan Nader, retired Moroccan footballer
  • Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah
  • Hassan Oumari, Lebanese footballer
  • Hassan Al-Qazwini, Islamic Center Imam
  • Hassan Rajab Khatib, Tanzanian politician
  • Hassan Roshdieh, Iranian teacher, politician, and journalist
  • Hassan Rowshan, Iranian coach, manager, and former player
  • Hassan-i Sabbah, founder of the Hashshashin, "Assassins"
  • Hassan Shamsid-Deen, American football player
  • Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
  • Hassan Ali Saad, simply known as Soony Saad, Lebanese-American footballer
  • Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, a Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer
  • Hassan Tuhami, Egyptian politician
  • Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player, NBA player
  • Hassan Younes, Egyptian engineer and politician
  • Hassan Kabande Laija, known as Peso Pluma, Mexican singer

    Middle name

  • Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle, Somali politician and former army General
  • Salah-Hassan Hanifes, a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset

    Hassane

  • Hassane Alla, Moroccan footballer
  • Hassane Azzoun, Algerian judoka
  • Hassane Brahim, Chadian footballer
  • Hassane Dicko, Burkina Faso politician
  • Hassane Hamadi, Comorian politician
  • Hassane Kamara, Gambian footballer

    Middle name

  • Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Niger politician and Prime Minister
  • Said Hassane Said Hachim, Comorian politician

    Hasaan

  • Hasaan Ibn Ali, American jazz pianist and composer, born William Henry Langford, Jr.

    Hassanal

  • Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei

    Hassen

  • Hassen Bejaoui, Tunisian soccer player
  • Hassen Gabsi, a Tunisian soccer player

    Khasan

  • Khasan Bakayev, Russian historian
  • Khasan Baroyev, Russian wrestler of Ossetian origin
  • Khasan Dzhunidov, Russian footballer
  • Khasan Isaev, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
  • Khasan Israilov, Soviet Chechen journalist and poet
  • Khasan Mamtov, Russian footballer
  • Khasan Yandiyev, Russian judge

    Khassan

  • Khassan Baiev, Chechen-American trauma surgeon

    Fictional characters

  • Ĥassan, character in the film A Girl Named Maĥmood
  • Hassan, from Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Ali Baba Bunny
  • Hassan, General Hassan in the Command and Conquer continuity
  • Hassan Mostafa, referee at the Quidditch World Cup in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''