Yasin (name)

Yasin (also spelled Yassin or Yaseni or Yassine or Yaseen or Jasin or Yacine; Arabic: ياسين,[1] IPA: [ˈjɑːsiːn]) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the prophet Muhammad.[2][3]

Notable persons

Mononym

Given name

  • Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Yasin Anwar (born 1951), Pakistani-American banker, former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
  • Yasin Arafat (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Yasin Aslan, Turkish author
  • Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1983), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1984), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Aydın (born 1995), Turkish male volleyball player
  • Yasiin Bey (born 1973), the new name of hip hop artist Mos Def
  • Yasin Bhatkal, or Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa, founder leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen
  • Yasin Çakmak (born 1985), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Dutton, Professor of Arabic in School of Languages & Literature at the University of Cape Town
  • Yasin Ali Egal (born 1991), Somali footballer
  • Yasin Ehliz (born 1992), German ice hockey player
  • Yasin Erdal (born 1986), Turkish-Dutch futsal player
  • Yasin al-Hashimi (1884–1937), Iraqi politician
  • Yasin Hayal (born 1980), Turkish criminal, serving a life sentence for inciting for the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. He has served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey
  • Yasin Karaca (1983), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988), Somali intellectual, writer and linguist
  • Yasin Malik (born 1966), Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan
  • Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir, Somali politician and Foreign Minister
  • Yasin Merchant (born 1966), Indian snooker player
  • Yasin Mishaui (born 1975), Bulgarian-Arab footballer
  • Yasin Said Numan (born 1948), Yemeni politician
  • Yasin Hassan Omar (born 1983), convicted criminal for his role in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system.
  • Yasin Özdenak (born 1948), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Öztekin (born 1987), Turkish-German footballer
  • Yasin Öztop (born 1991), Turkish footballer
  • Yasin Pehlivan (born 1989), Austrian footballer
  • Yasin Pilavcılar (born 1990), Turkish horse racing jockey
  • Yasin Salmani (born 2002), Iranian footballer
  • Yasin Sancak (born 1978), Turkish volleyball player
  • Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, Somali politician and activist
  • Yasin Sulaiman (born 1975), Malaysian singer
  • Yasin Sülün (born 1977), Turkish footballer and coach
  • Yasin Temel (born 1977), Turkish neurosurgeon
  • Yasin Wattoo, Pakistani politician and government minister
  • Yasin Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish-German footballer

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Surname

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References

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