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حسن
“a handsome man”
حسن (hasan) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Persian.
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Hasan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
حسن is Hasan written in Arabic script. Hasan is a variant of Hassan. One Arabic interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
حسن’s family of names
In English usage, حسن has a diminutive in Husayn. In Persian usage, حسن shares a linguistic root with the Sylheti form ꠢꠣꠍꠘ. In Ottoman Turkish usage, حسن has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hasan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
حسن has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named حسن
- Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poet756–814
- Hassan RouhaniPresident of Iran from 2013 to 2021born 1948
- Hassan NasrallahLeader of Hezbollah (1960-2024)
- Hassan IIKing of Morocco from 1961 to 19991929–1999
- Hassan Sheikh MohamudSomali removal of presidentborn 1955
- Hassan al-BannaEgyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)
- Hasan-i SabbahThe founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)1037–1124
- Hassan Gouled AptidonPresident of Djibouti (1916-2006)
- Hasan al-Askarieleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams845–874
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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