Hassan (given name)

Hassan
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈħasan]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	handsome, good, benefactor
Other names
Variant form(s)	al-Ḥasan
Related names	Ḥassān; Hussein; Alassane; Lassana; Mohsen

Hassan (also spelled Hasan, Hassane, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hassa, Hassann, Hasa, Hasso, Cassin, Chassan, Chasan, Khassan, Khasan, Cassan, Casan, Hasaan, Alassane, Lassana, Lacène, or Lansenou) (Arabic: حسن‎, Ḥasan) is a masculine Arabic given name.

As a surname, Hassan may be Irish, Scottish, Arabic or Hebrew (see Hassan (surname)).^[1]^[2]

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 ‏حَسَن‎ Ḥasan (as in the name of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad's grandson Hasan ibn Ali ), ^[3] coming from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, has two short vowels and a single /s/. 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 ‏حَسَّان‎ Ḥassān, which comes from the same Arabic root, has a long vowel and a doubled /sː/. 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 Hassan with a single a, and reserving the spelling with doubled a for the latter name, or romanizing the former as Hasan and the latter as Hassan.

King al-Ḥasan of Morocco (officially romanized as Hassan, with a double ss, due to the influence of French orthography) 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.

List of variant spellings

In Hebrew: חסן
In Arabic: حسن‎ (Hasan), حسان‎ (Hassan)
In Turkish: Hasan
In Ottoman Turkish: حسن‎ (Hasan)
In Persian: حسن‎ (Hasan), حسان‎ (Hassan)
In Bosnian: Hasan
In Albanian: Hasan
In Azerbaijan: Həsən
In Kurdish: Hesan
In Kazakh: Asan or Äsem
In Somali: Xasan
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: Cassan, Cassano, Cassani, Gazzano, Gazzani, Gassano, Gassani.
In Russian (in Cyrillic): Хасан (Hasan), Хассан (Hassan), Хассен (Hassen), Хэссан (Hessan), Гасан (Gasan)
In Croatian or Serbian or Montenegrin: Aсан (Asan) or Хасан (Hasan)
In Serbian (in Cyrillic): (Asan) or (Hasan)
In Bulgarian (in Cyrillic): Хасан (Hasan)
In Macedonian (in Cyrillic): Хасан (Hasan)
In Finland: Hasanen, with the Finnish ending for surnames, -en.^[4]
In Chinese: 哈桑/哈山 (Hā Sāng/Hā Shān)

People

Hacine

Hacine Cherifi, former French boxer

Hasan

Hasan ibn Ali, the fifth caliph of Islam, the first grandson of Muḥammad, son of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth caliph of Islam, and the second Imam of Shia Islam.
Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada, also known as Muley Hacén in Spanish
Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Imam of Twelver Shi‘ism
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, prominent early Islamic scholar
Hasan Čengić, Bosnian former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister
Hasan Cetinkaya, Swedish footballer
Hasan Corso, an Italian who was part of the army of janissaries in the Turkish army
Hasan Doğan, Turkish 37th president of the TFF
Hasan Gemici, Turkish sports wrestler
Hasan Güngör, Turkish sports wrestler
Hasan Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor
Hasan Izzet, Ottoman general
Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
Hasan Minhaj, American comedian
Hasan Muratović, former Bosniak rector of the University of Sarajevo and former prime minister
Hasan Bülent Paksoy, Turkish scientist
Hasan Polatkan (1915–1961), executed Turkish politician
Hasan Salihamidžić, a Bosnian football midfielder
Hasan Sönmez, Turkish footballer
Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
Hasan Ali Yücel, Turkish Minister of Education

Hasson

Hasson Arbubakrr, a former NFL and CFL player

Hassan

Prince Hassan, Served as Crown Prince of Jordan under King Hussein's reign
Hassan II of Morocco, the father of the current King of Morocco
Hassan Adams, NBA player
Hassan (C&C), General Hassan in the Command and Conquer continuity
Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle, Somali politician and former army General
Hassan Assad, real name of professional wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter
Hasan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist and activist
Hassan Abshir Farah, former Prime Minister of Somalia
Hassan Heshmat (born 1920), Egyptian sculptor
Hassan Johnson, American actor
Hassan Jones, former professional American football player
Hassan Mohamed, Qatari basketball player
Hassan Mohammed Abdirahman, real name of Somali singer-songwriter Aar Maanta
Hassan Nader, retired Moroccan footballer
Hassan Nasrullah, leader of Hezbollah
Hassan Al-Qazwini, Islamic Center Imam
Hassan Roshdieh, Iranian teacher, politician, and journalist
Hassan Rowshan, Iraniamanagerial Hansen all coach, manager, and former player
Hasan Şerefli, Turkish filmmaker
Hassan Shamsid-Deen, American football player
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
Hassan Kamel al-Sabbah, a Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer
Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player, NBA player
Salah-Hassan Hanifes, a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Hassan-i Sabbah, founder of the Hashshashin, "Assassins"
Muhammad Hassan, 9th Sultan of Brunei
Hassan Abdulsalam, Physics Department Yobe State University, Damaturu

Hassane

Hassane Alla (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
Hassane Azzoun (born 1979), Algerian judoka
Hassane Brahim (born 1989), Chadian footballer
Hassane Dicko, Burkina Faso politician
Hassane Hamadi, Comorian politician
Hassane Kamara (born 1994), Gambian footballer
Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki (born 1951), Niger politician and Prime Minister
Said Hassane Said Hachim (born 1932), Comorian politician

Hasaan

Hasaan Ibn Ali, American jazz pianist and composer, born William Henry Langford, Jr.

Hassanal

Hassanal Bolkiah (born 1946), the 29th Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei

Hassen

Hassen Bejaoui, Tunisian soccer player
Hassen Gabsi, a Tunisian soccer player

Khasan

Khasan Baroyev, Russian wrestler of Ossetian origin
Khasan Dzhunidov, Russian footballer
Khasan Isaev, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
Khasan Israilov, Soviet Chechen journalist and poet
Khasan Mamtov, Russian footballer
Khasan Yandiyev, Russian judge

Khassan

Khassan Baiev, Chechen-American trauma surgeon

Fictional characters

Ĥassan, in the film A Girl Named Maĥmood
Hassan, from Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Ali Baba Bunny

References

↑ Edward Neafsey (2002). Surnames of Ireland. Irish Roots Cafe. ISBN 978-0-940134-9 7-3.
↑ avotaynu.com: Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel
↑ Schimmel, Annemarie (1989). "Islamic names".
↑ Finland's Population Register Centre: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28. (Select "Surname search" and enter "Hasanen")

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[1] Edward Neafsey (2002). Surnames of Ireland. Irish Roots Cafe. ISBN 978-0-940134-9 7-3.

[2] votaynu.com: Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel

[3] Schimmel, Annemarie (1989). "Islamic names".

[4] Finland's Population Register Centre: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28. (Select "Surname search" and enter "Hasanen")