Given name · Arabic
حسين
حسين (ḥusayn) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ḥuseyn.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Arabic usage, حسين is a diminutive of حسن.
حسين’s family of names
In Arabic usage, حسين is a diminutive of حسن. In Arabic usage, حسين has a later derivative in Асайын. In Arabic usage, حسين has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor.
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حسين has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Husseinequivalent
- Huseinequivalent
- Hossainequivalent
- Hosseinequivalent
- Асайынderivative · Kazakh
- Hocineborrowing · English
- حسینequivalent
- Husejinequivalent
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People named حسين
- AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
- Husayn ibn Aligrandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
- Hussein of JordanKing of Jordan from 1952 to 19991935–1999
- Hissène Habré5th president of Chad1942–2021
- Hossein Amir-AbdollahianIranian politician and diplomat1964–2024
- Hussein Kamel of EgyptSultan of Egypt (1853–1917)
- Hussein, Crown Prince of JordanCrown Prince of Jordan (born 1994)
- Hussain Muhammad ErshadPresident of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990 Former (6th) Army chief of Bangladesh1930–2019
- Huseyn SuhrawardyBengali barrister and politician (1892–1963)
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