Hussein

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Arabic name: given name, surname

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nameHussein
حُسَيْن
pronunciation

| | gender | Male | | meaning | "fairly good" | | region | Arabia | | languageorigin | Arabic | | related names | Hassan, Houssin, Hosein, Husseini, Ousseni, Ousseynou | ::

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| gender = Male | meaning = "fairly good" | region = Arabia | languageorigin = Arabic | related names = Hassan, Houssin, Hosein, Husseini, Ousseni, Ousseynou | footnotes =

Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Hüseyin, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (), coming from the triconsonantal root ar (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 Muslims. In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. E.g. in Encyclopedia Iranica, the spelling Ḥosayn is found (Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, "Shahrbanu" in Encyclopedia Iranica (2005) ) In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms "Hussain" or "Hossain" may be used. Other variants include Husên, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hisên, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Hüseyn, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Houssein, Husseyn, Usain (etc.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 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.

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

Given name

Hossein

Houssein

Husain

Main article: Husain

Husayn

Husein

Hussain

Hussein

Hüseyin

Huseyn

Hossain

Hocine

Middle name

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Patronymic title

Surname

Hossain

Hosein / Hossein

Husain

Main article: Husain

Hussain

Husayn

Hussein

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Royal family of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

Huseyn / Hüseyn

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

References

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References

  1. ''Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History'' by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1988, page 57.
  2. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1 Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936) — Brill]
  3. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition — Brill]
  4. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3 Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE — Brill]
  5. al-Qarashi, Baqir Sharif. (2007). "The life of Imam Husain ('a)". Ansariyan Publications.

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