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.
; List of variant spellings
  • In Arabic transcription: حسن, حسان
  • In Turkish: Hasan
  • In [Ottoman Turkish language|Turkish language|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

Hasan

Hasson

Hassan

Middle name

Hassane

Middle name

Hasaan

Hassanal

Hassen

Khasan

Khassan

Fictional characters