Hussein

Hussein or Husayn (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن‎ Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن‎), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name, particularly among Shias.[1] In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used.[2] In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussin, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn (etc.).

For other uses, see Hussein (disambiguation).
"Hussain" redirects here. For the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, see Husayn ibn Ali.
Hussein
PronunciationArabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
Persian: [ho'sejn]
Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
MeaningHandsome
Other names
Related namesHassan

This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period,[3] and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.[3]

Given name

Hossein

Houssein

Husain

Husayn
  • Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad
  • Husayn (Safavid), former Safavid king of Persia
  • Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 to his death

Husein

Hussain

Hussein

Hüseyin

Huseyn

Middle name

Patronymic title

Surname

Hossain

Hosein / Hossein

Husain

Hussain
  • Abrar Hussain, Pakistani boxer
  • Abrar Hussain, Pakistani military hero
  • Hasib Hussain, British Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the 7/7 attacks
  • Ijaz Hussain, Pakistani cricketer
  • Nasser Hussain, former Essex and England cricketer
  • Nauman Hussain, American businessman implicated in the Schoharie limousine crash
  • Rashad Hussain, United States special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference
  • Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Bangladeshi feminist and social worker
  • Rizwan Hussain, British Barrister of Bangladeshi Descent
  • Syed Abdulla Hussain, Indian ornithologist
  • Zakir Hussain (disambiguation), several people

Husayn
  • Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Egyptian writer, journalist, and politician

Hussein
  • Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz, King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca
  • Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan writer, editor and sociologist
  • Fouad Hussein, Jordanian journalist
  • Mohd Faizol Hussien, Malaysian football player
  • Nedal Hussein, Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
  • Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, Danish gunman in the 2015 Copenhagen shootings
  • Sadqa Hussein (1876–1961), rabbinical judge of the Iraqi Jews in Jerusalem
  • Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein, Pretender to the Iraqi throne and the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party
  • Shelomo Bekhor Hussein (1843–1892), rabbi, author, and publisher in Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
  • Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Royal family of Jordan
  • Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife
  • Alia al Hussein, third wife of King Hussein of Jordan
  • Princess Muna al-Hussein, second wife of King Hussein of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

Huseyn / Hüseyn
  • Mehdi Huseyn (1909–1965), an Azerbaijani and Soviet writer and critic

See also

References
  1. Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1988, page 57.
  2. E.g. in Encyclopedia Iranica, the spelling ''Ḥosayn is found (Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, "Shahrbanu" in Encyclopedia Iranica (2005) Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine)
  3. al-Qarashi, Baqir Sharif (2007). The life of Imam Husain ('a). Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
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