Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
احسان
“to do or act well, to do or act right”
احسان (İhsan) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
احسان is İhsan written in Arabic script. İhsan goes back to a word meaning “to do or act well, to do or act right.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic إِحْسَان; its root is Arabic ح س ن.
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احسان’s family of names
In Ottoman Turkish usage, احسان has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor. In Persian usage, احسان can be written in the Roman alphabet as ehsân. In Persian usage, احسان can be written in the Roman alphabet as ihsān.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
احسان has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named احسان
- Ehsan HajsafiIranian footballerborn 1990
- Ehsan HaddadiIranian discus throwerborn 1985
- Ehsan YarshaterIranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)
- Ehsan LashgariIranian wrestlerborn 1985
- Ehsan JamiDutch politicianborn 1985
- Ehsan Ghaem MaghamiIranian chess playerborn 1982
- Ehsan TabariIranian philosopher, poet, literary figure1917–1989
- Ehsan NaraghiIranian writer and sociologist (1926–2012)
- Ehsan DaxaIsraeli colonel1983–2024
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