Hussein

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For other uses, see Hussein (disambiguation).
"Hussien" redirects here. For the Malaysian football player, see Mohd Faizol Hussien.
"Hussain" redirects here. For the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, see Husayn ibn Ali.
Hussein
PronunciationArabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
Persian: [ho'sejn]
Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
MeaningHandsome
Other names
Related namesHassan

Hussein (/huːˈseɪn/; also spelled Husein, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Hossein, or Husseyn) (Arabic: حُسَين, Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, 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 Shias.[1] In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are used.[2] On the Subcontinent or South Asia, the form used is "Hussain" or "Hossain" in the Bengal region.

This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period,[3] and is recorded to have been first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his grandson Hussein ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by the archangel Gabriel.[3]

Given name

Hossein

Husain

Husayn

Husein

Hussain

Hussein

Hüseyin

Huseyn

Middle name

Patronymic title

Surname

Hosein / Hossein

Husain

Hussain

Husayn

Hussein

Huseyin / Hüseyin

Huseyn / Hüseyn

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

Husseini

Main article: Husseini

Royal family of Jordan

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

See also

References

  1. ^ Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1988, page 57.
  2. ^ [1] Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b al-Qarashi, Baqir Sharif (2007). The life of Imam Husain ('a). Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
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