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Hassan or Hasan ( ar, حسن ) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world.

As a surname, Hassan may be Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish (Sephardic and Mizrahic) (see Hassan (surname)).

Etymology and spelling

The name Hassan in Arabic means 'handsome' or 'good', or 'benefactor'.

There are two different Arabic names that are both Romanization of Arabic, 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's grandson Hasan ibn Ali), coming from the Arabic language triconsonantal 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 Hassan II of Morocco, 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 Hassan ibn Thabit, 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 given name and through the influence of Arabic, languages spoken by Muslims such as Persian language, Persian, Kazakh language, Kazakh, Kurdish languages, Kurdish, Urdu, Indonesian language, Indonesian, Malaysian language, Malaysian, Turkish language, Turkish, Uyghur Khaganate, Uyghur, Turkmen language, Turkmen, Somali language, Somali, Swahili language, Swahili, Berber language, Berber, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar, Tatar language, Tatar, Bosnian language, Bosnian, Albanian language, Albanian, Bengali language, 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 language, Turkish: ''Hasan''
* In Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: (''Hasan'')
* In Persian language, Persian: (''Hasan''), (''Hassan'')
* In Bosnian language, Bosnian: ''Hasan'' or ''Haso''
* In Albanian language, Albanian: ''Hasan''
* In Azerbaijanian language, Azerbaijan: ''Həsən''
* In Kurdish language, Kurdish: ''Hesan''
* In Kazakh language, Kazakh: (''Qasen''), (''Hasen'' or ''Khassen''), ''Asan'' or ''Äsem''
* In Somali language, Somali: ''Xasan''
* In Bengali language, 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 language, Croatian or Serbian language, Serbian or Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Aсан'' (''Asan'') or ''Хасан'' (''Hasan'')
* In Finnish language, Finnish: ''Hasan''
* In Chinese: 哈桑/哈山 (''Hā Sāng/Hā Shān'')
* In Korean language, Korean: 하산 (''Hasan'')

People

Hacine

*Hacine Cherifi, former French boxer

Hasan

*Hasan I (disambiguation), number of people with the mononym
*Hasan II (disambiguation), number of people with the mononym
*Hasan ibn Ali, the first grandson of Muhammad, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, and the second Imam of Shia Islam.
*Al-Mustadi, Hasan al-Mustadi Ibn al-Mustanjid famously known as al-Mustadi was the Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, later Abbasid Caliphate from 18 December 1170 to 27 March 1180.
*Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada, also known as ''Muley Hacén'' in Spanish
*Hasan al-Askari, eleventh Imam of Twelver Shi‘ism
*Hasan al-Basri, al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, prominent early Islamic scholar
*Muhammad Hasanuzzaman, 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, 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 Piker (born 1991), Turkish-American Twitch streamer and political commentator
*Hasan Polatkan (1915–1961), executed Turkish politician
*Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian association football, football midfielder
*Hasan Sönmez, Turkish footballer
*Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
*Hasan Şerefli, Turkish filmmaker
*Hasan Ali Yücel, Turkish minister of education
*Hasan Nazih (1921–2012), Iranian lawyer and politician

Hasson

*Hasson Arbubakrr, a former NFL and CFL player

Hassan

*Prince Hassan, Served as Crown Prince of Jordan under King Hussein's reign
*Hassan I of Morocco, alaouite sultan of Morocco
*Hassan II of Morocco, the father of the current King of Morocco
*Hassan Mohammed Abdirahman, real name of Somali singer-songwriter Aar Maanta
*Hassan Adams, NBA player
*Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist and activist
*Hassan Akhavi, Iranian army general and politician
*Hassan Al Alfi, Egyptian politician
*Hassan Assad, converted name of professional wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter
*Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
*Hassan Abu Basha, Egyptian army general and politician
*Hassan Bitar (born 1985), Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Booker, American basketball player and coach
*Hassan Brijany (1961–2020), Swedish actor
*Hassan Chaito (footballer, born 1989), Hassan "Moni" Chaito, Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Chaito (footballer, born 1991), Hassan "Shibriko" Chaito, Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Farah 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq
*Hassan Abshir Farah, former Prime Minister of Somalia
*Hassan Haskins (born 1999), American football player
*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 (born 1987), Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Mezher (born 1981), Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Mohamed (basketball), Hassan Mohamed, Qatari basketball player
*Hassan Nader, retired Moroccan footballer
*Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah
*Hassan Oumari (born 1986), Lebanese footballer
*Hassan Al-Qazwini, Islamic Center Imam
*Hassan Roshdieh, Iranian teacher, politician, and journalist
*Hassan Rowshan, Iranian coach, manager, and former player
*Hassan-i Sabbah, founder of the Hashshashin, "Assassins"
*Hassan Shamsid-Deen, American football player
*Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, 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, American basketball player, NBA player
*Hassan Younes (born 1943), Egyptian engineer and politician

Middle name

*Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle, Somali politician and former army General
*Salah-Hassan Hanifes, a Druze Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset

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

Middle name

*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, character in the film ''A Girl Named Maĥmood''
* Hassan, from Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, ''Ali Baba Bunny''
*Hassan (C&C), General Hassan in the Command and Conquer continuity

See also

*Abulhasan
*Alassane
*Hassan (surname)
*Hussein
*Lassana

References

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Given names
Arabic masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Iranian masculine given names
Pakistani masculine given names

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