Hassan or Hasan ( ar, حسن ) is an Arabic masculine
given name
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in the
Muslim world
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Arabic
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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 ' (as in the name of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
's grandson
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali ( ar, الحسن بن علي, translit=Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; ) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was the eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He briefly ruled as caliph from Jan ...
), coming from the Arabic language
triconsonantal
The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowels ...
root Ḥ-S-N, has two short vowels and a single . 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 ', which comes from the same Arabic root, has a long vowel and a doubled . 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 ''s'', and reserving the spelling with doubled ''s'' 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.
;Depending on language and region, spelling variations
Hassan or Hasan is an
Arabic
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given name and through the influence of Arabic, languages spoken by Muslims such as
Persian
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Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
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**Southern Kurdistan
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* Kurd (dis ...
Malaysian
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Tatar
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, Bosnian, Albanian, Bengali, etc. created their own spelling variations.
Therefore, depending on language and region, spelling variations include Hasan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hassa, Hess, Cassin, Chazan, Chasson, Chason, Khassan, Khasan, Chessar, Casan, Casen, Hasso, Lassana, Alassane, Lacen, Lasanah, Assan, Asan, or Haasan (Haasaan, Hasaan, Hassaan).
; List of variant spellings
* In Arabic transcription: (''Hasan''), (''Hassan'')
* In Turkish: ''Hasan''
* In Ottoman Turkish: (''Hasan'')
* In
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: (''Hasan''), (''Hassan'')
* In Bosnian: ''Hasan'' or ''Haso''
* In Albanian: ''Hasan''
* In
Azerbaijan
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: ''Həsən''
* In
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
: ''Hesan''
* In Kazakh: (''Qasen''), (''Hasen'' or ''Khassen''), ''Asan'' or ''Äsem''
* In Somali: ''Xasan''
* In Bengali: হাসান (Hāsān)
* 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: Hassan
* In Russian transcription: ''Хасан'' (''Hasan''), ''Хассан'' (''Hassan''), ''Хассен'' (''Hassen''), ''Хэссан'' (''Hessan''), ''Гасан'' (''Gasan'')
* In Croatian or Serbian or Montenegrin: ''Aсан'' (''Asan'') or ''Хасан'' (''Hasan'')
* In
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
: ''Hasan''
* In Chinese: 哈桑/哈山 (''Hā Sāng/Hā Shān'')
* In
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
Hasan ibn Ali
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, the first grandson of Muhammad, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, and the second Imam of Shia Islam.
* Hasan al-Mustadi Ibn al-Mustanjid famously known as al-Mustadi was the
Caliph
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Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada
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, 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 az-Zaman, Bengali politician and educationist
* 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 Fehmi Güneş, Turkish politician
*
Hasan Güngör
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, Turkish sports wrestler
* Hasan Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor
* Hasan Izzet, Ottoman general
* Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
*
Hasan Minhaj
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, American comedian
*
Hasan Muratović
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, former Bosniak rector of the University of Sarajevo and former prime minister
* Hasan Piker (born 1991), Turkish-American Twitch streamer and political commentator
* Hasan Polatkan (1915–1961), executed Turkish politician
*
Hasan Salihamidžić
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Jordan
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under King Hussein's reign
*
Hassan I of Morocco
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Hassan Al Alfi
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, Egyptian politician
*Hassan Assad, converted name of professional wrestler
Montel Vontavious Porter
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Hassan Haskins
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* Hassan Heshmat (1920–2006), Egyptian sculptor
* Hassan Ibrahim (1917–1990), Egyptian military officer and politician
* Hassan Johnson, American actor
* Hassan Jones, former professional American football player
*
Hassan Maatouk
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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, President of Somalia
*Hassan Ali Saad (born 1992), simply known as Soony Saad, Lebanese-American footballer
* Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, a Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer
* Hassan Tuhami (1924–2009), Egyptian politician
*
Hassan Whiteside
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, American basketball player, NBA player
*
Hassan Younes
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Salah-Hassan Hanifes
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Biography
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, a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki
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Fourth Republic
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(born 1951), Niger politician and Prime Minister
*
Said Hassane Said Hachim
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(born 1932), Comorian politician
Hasaan
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Hasaan Ibn Ali
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, American jazz pianist and composer, born William Henry Langford, Jr.
Hassanal
* Hassanal Bolkiah (born 1946), the 29th Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Khassan Baiev
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, Chechen-American trauma surgeon
Fictional characters
* Ĥassan, character in the film '' A Girl Named Maĥmood''
* Hassan, from Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, ''
Ali Baba Bunny
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* Hassan (C&C), General Hassan in the Command and Conquer continuity
Hussein
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