Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, particularly among Shias. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations ''Ḥosayn, Hosayn,'' or ''Hossein'' are sometimes used. 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.). The

Encyclopaedia of Islam The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published in ...

, which follows a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE — Brill
/ref> This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period, and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.

Given name

Hossein

* Hossein Alizadeh, Iranian musician * Hossein Fekri, Iranian footballer * Hossein Ghanbari, Iranian footballer * Hossein Marashi, Iranian politician * Hossein Namazi, Iranian economist and politician * Hossein Navab, Iranian diplomat * Hossein Nuri, Iranian artist * Hossein Panahi, Iranian actor * Hossein Rajabian, Iranian filmmaker * Hossein Rezazadeh, Iranian weightlifter * Hossein Tehrani, Iranian musician *

Hossein Valamanesh Hossein Valamanesh (2 March 1949 – 15 January 2022) was an Iranian-Australian contemporary artist who lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked in mixed media, printmaking, installations, and sculpture. He often collabora ...

(1949–2022), Iranian-born Australian artist

Houssein

* Houssein Rizk (born 1997), Lebanese footballer

Husain

Husayn

, the grandson of Muhammad * Husayn (Safavid), former Safavid king of Persia * Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 to his death * Husayn ibn Hamdan, a general in the Abbasid Caliphate *

Husayn ibn Numayr Al-Ḥuṣayn ibn Numayr al-Sakūnī (died 5/6 August 686) was a leading general of the early Umayyad Caliphate, from the Sakun subtribe of the Kinda.Lammens & Cremonesi (1971), pp. 620–621 Biography A man of his name is recorded as being r ...

, a general of the Umayyad Caliphate

Husein

* Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak 19th-century leader and rebel * Husein Miljković, Bosnian military commander *

Husein Kavazović Husein Kavazović (born July 3, 1964) is a Bosnian Islamic cleric and since September 2012 the Grand Mufti (''Reis-ul-Ulema'') of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after having been Mufti of Tuzla. Biography Son of Hasan and Saima Kavazović, Husein atten ...

, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Husein Alicajic Husein Alicajic is an Australian filmmaker who writes and directs for film and television, known for award-winning commercials for Foxtel. Background Born in Sydney, Australia, to a Bosnian father and a Scottish mother, Alicajic attended Newi ...

, Australian filmmaker

Hussain

* Hussain Ahmed, Emirati basketball player *

Hussain Sajwani Hussain Sajwani (born 1953), is an Emirati billionaire businessman and the founder of the property development company, DAMAC Properties, and his private investment company, DAMAC Group. DAMAC Properties was ranked number one on the Forbes 2017 ...

(born 1952/53), Emirati billionaire property developer * Hussain Karim (born 1974), Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer

Hussein

Hussein Adan Isack Hussein Adan Isack (born 1957) is a naturalist and ethnobiologist living in Kenya, having been a research scientist in ornithology. Background and youth Hussein Adan Isack was born to parents who lived in the pastoral Northern region of Kenya. ...

(born 1957), Kenyan naturalist, ethnobiologist and ornithology research scientist * Hussein M. Adam (1943–2017), Somali professor of political science * Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sherif and Emir of Mecca * Hussein Chalayan, British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer * Hussein el-Husseini, former Lebanese Parliament Speaker * Hussein Hasan, Somali poet and warrior * Hussein Fatal, American rap artist from 2Pac's Outlawz group * Hussein Hamdan, Lebanese football player * Hussein Ibish (born 1963), American academic * Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of the prophet Muhammad and son of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib * Hussein Kamel al-Majid, son-in-law of Saddam Hussein * Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Sultan of Egypt *

Hussein Naeem Hussain Hassan Naeem ( ar, حسين حسن نعيم; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician Walid ...

, Lebanese football player * Hussein of Jordan, King of Jordan *

Hussein Onn Tun Hussein bin Dato' Onn ( ms, حسين بن عون, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 12 February 1922 – 29 May 1990) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia from the death of his predece ...

, third Prime Minister of Malaysia *

Hussein Zedan Hussein S. M. Zedan (1 July 1953 – 23 February 2019) was a computer scientist of Egyptian descent, mainly based in the United Kingdom. Hussein Zedan was born in 1953. He received his PhD degree in 1981 at the University of Bristol, studying und ...

(1953–2019), Egyptian computer scientist *

Hussein Zein Hussein Ali Zein ( ar, حسين علي زين, ; born 27 January 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a right-back for club Ahed and the Lebanon national team. International career Zein played for the national under-19 team betwee ...

(born 1995), Lebanese footballer

Hüseyin

Hüseyin Alkan Hüseyin Alkan (born April 1, 1988, in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian. He lost his eyesight at the age of 19 as a result of workplace accident. Sporting career A m ...

(born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Hüseyin Avni (disambiguation), multiple people *

Hüseyin Çapkın Hüseyin Çapkın (born 1951), is a Turkish civil servant. He was lately the police chief of Istanbul Province. Early life He was born 1951 at Akyurt village of Tire district in İzmir Province to a farmer's family. After completing his prima ...

(born 1951), Turkish police chief * Hüseyin Dündar (born 1986), Turkish boxer * Hüseyin Er (1985–2021), British-Turkish deaf football player * Hüseyin Erkan (born 1958), Turkish high-ranking civil servant * Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001), Turkish Islamic scholar * Hüseyin Kandemir (born 1986), Turkish rower * Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born 1934), Turkish general * Hüseyin Koç (born 1979), Turkish volleyball player *

Hüseyin Özer Hüseyin Özer (born 1949 in Reşadiye, Tokat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London. Early life Hüseyin Özer was born in 1949, in a village of Reşadiye town in ...

(born 1949), Turkish-British executive chef and restaurateur *

Hüseyin Sayram Hüseyin Sayram (b. 1905 - d 23 December 1988) Turkish politician, provincial chief of the CHP (Republican People's Party). He was the second of the three sons of the Turkish theologian Hacı Zühtü Efendi. He also had a younger and an older sist ...

(1905–1988), Turkish politician * Hüseyin Tavur (born 1972), Turkish football manager *

Hüseyin Yıldırım Hüseyin Yıldırım (born March 10, 1928) is a Turkish-American auto mechanic who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for his courier role in the espionage activities of U.S. serviceman James Hall III during the Cold War era. ...

(born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of Cold War era *

Hüseyin Yıldız Hüseyin Yıldız (also known as ''Husseyin Yildiz'' in Belgium) (born April 27, 1979) is a Turkish-Belgian futsal player. He currently plays for Paraske Bowl Morlanwelz and previously played for Brussels United, GDL Chatelet and Diables Caro ...

(born 1979), Turkish futsal player

Huseyn

* Huseyn Arablinski (1881–1919), Azerbaijani actor * Huseyn Derya (1975–2014), Azerbaijani rapper and actor * Huseyn Javid (1882–1941), Azerbaijani poet and playwright * Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski (1863–1919), Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin * Huseyn Seyidzadeh (1910–1979), Azerbaijani film director * Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963), Bengali politician and statesman

Hüseyin

* Hüseyin Gezer (1920–2013), Turkish sculptor

Hossain

* Rubel Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat Mosaddek Hossain Saikat ( bn, মোসাদ্দেক হোসেন সৈকত; born 10 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team and for Barisal Division in domestic cricket. He made hi ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer

Middle name

Amin Hossein Rahimi Amin Hossein Rahimi (born 1968) is an Iranian politician. He served in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, majlis from 2008 and to 2012 and has been the Ministry of Justice (Iran), minister of justice since 25 August 2021. Biography Rahimi was bo ...

(born 1968), Iranian politician *

Barack Hussein Obama II Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

, 44th President of the United States * Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., father of the forty-fourth US president * Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pakistani Muslim scholar and politician * Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, fifth President of Iraq

Patronymic title

* Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Islamic scholar of the Umayyad era. He is considered 4th shia Imam by the Twelver, Zaydi and Isma'ili shia sects. * Ali ibn Husayn, son of Husayn ibn Ali * Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn * Ruqayya bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn ibn Ali * Fatimah bint Husayn, also known as Fatimah as-Sughra * Fatimah bint Husayn was the daughter of

and his wife Umm Ishaq bint Talha * Tahir ibn Husayn, Abbasid general and governor under Al-Ma'mun ( r. 813–833) * Abdullah bin Hussein, also known as ''Abdullah I'', was the King of Jordan from 25 May 1946 – 20 July 1951

Surname

Hossain

* Abdul Mannan Hossain, Indian politician * Adil Hussain, Indian actor *

Akbar Hossain Bir Protik Akbar Hossain (18 January 1941 – 25 June 2006) was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh National Party. He served as the minister of Minister for Shipping, Minister for the Environment and Forests and Minister for Petroleum a ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Anwar Hossain (disambiguation) Anwar Hossain may refer to: * Anwar Hussain (cricketer) (1920–2002), Pakistani cricketer * Anwar Hussain (actor) (1925–1988), Indian actor * Anwar Hossain (actor) (1931–2013), Bangladeshi actor * Qazi Anwar Hussain (born 1936), Bangladeshi wri ...

, several people * Ashraf Hossain, Bangladeshi politician *

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi Allama Delwar Hossain Sayeedi is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, former politician and lecturer, who served as a Member of Parliament representing the Pirojpur-1, Barisal, constituency during 1996–2006. He has been arrested in 2013, after ...

, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer and politician *

Faisal Hossain Faisal Hossain (born 26 October 1978) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He played international cricket for Bangladesh in 2004, one Test match and four One Day Internationals without establishing himself in the side. After poor performances at int ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Hasibul Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer * Ismail Hossain Siraji, Bengali writer * Kamal Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Makbul Hossain, Bangladeshi politician *

Md. Mokbul Hossain Md. Mokbul Hossain (মোঃ মকবুল হোসেন) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Pabna-3 Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bang ...

, Bangladeshi politician * Md. Mokbul Hossain Meherpuri, Bangladeshi politician *

Mehrab Hossain (disambiguation) Mehrab Hossain can refer to: * Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1978), Bangladeshi cricketer * Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer * Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1991) Mehrab Hossain (born 12 April 1991) is a Banglades ...

, several people * Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Bengali writer * M Makbul Hossain, Bangladesh Navy rear admiral *

Mockbul Hossain Mockbul Hossain ( – 24 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi businessman and Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-9 constituency. Early life and education Hossain was born in Bikrampur. ...

, Bangladeshi businessman *

Mohammed Mosharref Hossain Mohammed Mosharref Hossain is the proprietor of an Albany, New York, Albany New York State, New York pizza parlour, and a founder of the Masjid As-Salam mosque in Albany, who was arrested by Federal authorities on August 6, 2004, as part of a coun ...

, Bangladeshi criminal *

Mohammad Nazmul Hossain Mohammad Nazmul Hossain (born 5 October 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was born in Habiganj, Bangladesh. Hossain was part of the 13-man Bangladesh squad that played in the 2010 Asian Games in late November. They played against Afghanista ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Mokbul Hossain, Bangladeshi politician * Mokbul Hossain Sujanagari, Bangladeshi politician * Nina Hossain, English journalist and presenter *

Noor Hossain (disambiguation) Noor Hossain (1961–1987) was a Bangladeshi activist killed during a political protest. Noor Hossain may also refer to: *Noor Hossain (cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer * Noor Hossain Day, a holiday celebrated November 10 in Bangladesh *Nur Hossa ...

, several people * Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician * Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Bangladeshi politician *

Sanwar Hossain Mohammad Sanwar Hossain ( bn, সানোয়ার হোসেন; born 5 August 1973) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. History The middle-order batter made his internat ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Selina Hossain, Bengali writer *

Shahadat Hossain Shahadat Hossain (born: 7 August 1986) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2005 during Bangladesh's first tour of England. When he came onto the international scene he was cited by then coach Dav Whatmore as the fastest bow ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Shahriar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Zakir Hossain (disambiguation) Zakir Hossain may refer to: *Zakir Hossain - Bangladeshi ODI cricketer *Zakir Hossain Raju - Bangladeshi film director See also *Zakir Hussain (disambiguation) Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian ...

, several people

Hosein / Hossein

Farah Hussein Farah Hussein (born 7 October 2001) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. Hussein competed at the 2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were ...

(born 2001), Egyptian gymnast * Mehnaz Hoosein (born 1973), Indian singer * Robert Hossein, French actor, director and writer *

Imran N. Hosein Imran Nazar Hosein (born 1942) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic scholar, author and philosopher, who specializes in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of ''Jerusalem ...

, Islamic scholar specialising in Islamic eschatology * Akeal Hosein, West Indian cricketer

Husain

Hussain

* Abrar Hussain (1961–2011), Pakistani boxer * Abrar Hussain, Pakistani military hero *

Hasib Hussain Hasib Mir Hussain ( ur, حسیب میر حسین; 16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005) was one of four Islamist suicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 Ju ...

, British Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the 7/7 attacks * Ijaz Hussain, Pakistani cricketer * Nasser Hussain, 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 Rizwan Hussain ( bn, রেজওয়ান হুসেইন ''Rezwan Husein''; born 7 December 1973) is a Bangladeshi-born British television presenter, barrister and an international humanitarian worker. He is also a former Hindi music ...

, British Barrister of Bangladeshi Descent *

Syed Abdulla Hussain Syed Abdulla Hussain (13 August 1944 – 30 December 2009) was an Indian ornithologist. He is best known for the work he undertook at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) along with Salim Ali. A species of frog '' Nyctibatrachus hussaini'' f ...

, Indian ornithologist *

Zakir Hussain (disambiguation) Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India * Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor * Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player * Za ...

, several people

Husayn

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

Hussein

Abdul Razak Hussein Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia f ...

, Prime Minister of Malaysia * Adnan Hussein (born 1954), Lebanese politician *

Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz Ali bin Hussein, GBE ( ar, علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, translit=Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Alī el-Hâşimî; 18791935), was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Abdulaziz bin ...

, King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca * Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan writer, editor and sociologist *

Fouad Hussein Fouad Hussein is a Jordanian journalist and author of the 2005 Arabic language book ''Al-Zarqawi: The Second Generation of Al Qaeda''. It is based on interviews with senior Islamic militants, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of Al-Qa ...

, Jordanian journalist * Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian journalist *

Mohd Faizol Hussien Mohd Faizol bin Hussien (born May 12, 1986, in Johor) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Hanelang in Malaysia FAM League as a central midfielder. On 3 November 2013, he assisted Pahang to defeat Kelantan 1–0 in the Malaysia Cup final w ...

, 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 Taha Hussein (, ar, طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Nahda, Egyptian Renaissance and the modernism, modernist movem ...

, Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar * Youssef Hussein (born 1988), Egyptian comedian

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

* Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq (1979–2003) ** Uday Hussein, son ** Qusay Hussein, son ** Raghad Hussein, daughter ** Rana Hussein, daughter ** Hala Hussein, daughter

Royal family of Jordan

Abdullah II bin al-Hussein Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of t ...

, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan *

Ali bin Hussein of Jordan Prince Ali bin Hussein ( ar, الأمير علي بن الحسين; born 23 December 1975) is the third son of King Hussein of Jordan, and the second child of the king by his third wife, Queen Alia. He is also the half brother of King Abdullah I ...

, son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife *

Alia al Hussein Alia Al-Hussein ( ar, علياء الحسين, born Alia Bahauddin Toukan (); 25 December 1948 – 9 February 1977) was the Queen of Jordan and the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage in 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in so ...

, third wife of King Hussein of Jordan * Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan (born 1994), son of Abdullah II * Princess Muna al-Hussein, second wife of King Hussein of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

* Metin Hüseyin, English film director

Huseyn / Hüseyn

* Mehdi Huseyn (1909–1965), Azerbaijani and Soviet writer and critic

Huseynov / Guseynov / Гусейнов

* Abdusalam Guseynov, Lezgian philosopher and ethicist

References

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