Given name & surname

Hosseini

Hosseini is a surname from Persian.

Original Persianحسینی

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hosseini comes from Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Persian حسینی (hoseyni).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hosseini’s family of names

In English usage, Hosseini as a surname was borrowed from the Persian form حسینی.

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Hosseiniحسینی

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