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Hussein
حُسَيْن
الحسين ابن علي.svg
Calligraphic representation of Al-Hussein name
PronunciationArabic: [ħuˈsajn, -eːn, ħo-, ħʊ-]
Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈseːn, ħoˈseːn]
Persian: [ho'sejn]
Turkish: [hyˈsejin]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
MeaningHandsome
Region of originArabia (Middle East)
Other names
Related namesHassan

Hussein, Hossein, Husayn, or Husain (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن‎ Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: 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 Shias.[1] In Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used.[2] 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, which is following a standardized way for transliterating Arabic names, used the form "Ḥusain" in its first edition and the form "Ḥusayn" in its second and third editions.[3] [4] [5]

This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period,[6] 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.[6]

Given name

Hossein

  • Hossein Fekri, Iranian footballer
  • Hossein Ghanbari, Iranian footballer
  • Hossein Marashi, Iranian politician
  • Hossein Nuri, Iranian artist
  • Hossein Rezazadeh, Iranian weightlifter
  • Hossein Tehrani, Iranian musician
  • Hossein Alizadeh, Iranian musician
  • Hossein Rajabian, Iranian Filmmaker
  • Hossein Panahi, Iranian Actor

Houssein

  • Houssein Rizk (born 1997), Lebanese footballer

Husain

  • Husain Abdullah, safety for the Minnesota Vikings
  • Husain Ali, Bahraini footballer

Husayn

Husein

  • Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak 19th century leader and rebel
  • Husein Miljković, Bosnian military commander
  • Husein Kavazović, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Husein Alicajic, Australian filmmaker

Hussain

  • Hussain Ahmed, Emirati basketball player
  • Hussain Sajwani (born 1952/53), Emirati billionaire property developer
  • Hussain Karim, (born July 16, 1974) is a Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer

Hussein

  • Hussein Adan Isack (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 famous 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, Lebanese football player
  • Hussein of Jordan, King of Jordan
  • Hussein Onn, third Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Hussein Zedan (1953–2019), Egyptian computer scientist
  • Hussein Zein (born 1995), Lebanese footballer

Hüseyin

  • Hüseyin Alkan (born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
  • Hüseyin Avni (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hüseyin Çapkın (born 1951), Turkish police chief
  • Hüseyin Dündar (born 1986), Turkish boxer
  • 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 (born 1949), Turkish-British executive chef and restaurateur
  • Hüseyin Sayram (1905–1988), Turkish politician
  • Hüseyin Tavur (born 1972), Turkish football manager
  • Hüseyin Yıldırım (born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of Cold War era
  • Hüseyin Yıldız (born 1979), Turkish futsal player

Huseyn

Middle name

  • Barack Hussein Obama II, 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

Surname

Hossain

Hosein / Hossein

  • Robert Hossein, French actor, director and writer
  • Imran N. Hosein, Islamic scholar specialising in Islamic eschatology

Husain

Hussain

  • Abrar Hussain, Pakistani boxer
  • Abrar Hussain, Pakistani military hero
  • Hasib Hussain, British Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the 7/7 attacks
  • Ijaz Hussain, Pakistani cricketer
  • Nasser Hussain, former 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, British Barrister of Bangladeshi Descent
  • Syed Abdulla Hussain, Indian ornithologist
  • Zakir Hussain (disambiguation), several people

Husayn

Hussein

  • Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz, King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca
  • Ameena Hussein (born 1964), Sri Lankan writer, editor and sociologist
  • Fouad Hussein, Jordanian journalist
  • Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian journalist
  • Mohd Faizol Hussien, 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, Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar

Family of Saddam Hussein of Iraq

Royal family of Jordan

Huseyin / Hüseyin

Huseyn / Hüseyn

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

See also

  • Abdul Hussein, Arabic theophoric name
  • Arabic name
  • Husseini
  • Al Hussein (missile), an Iraqi ballistic missile

References

  1. ^ Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1988, page 57.
  2. ^ E.g. in Encyclopedia Iranica, the spelling ''Ḥosayn is found (Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, "Shahrbanu" in Encyclopedia Iranica (2005) [1] Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936) — Brill
  4. ^ Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition — Brill
  5. ^ Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE — Brill
  6. ^ a b al-Qarashi, Baqir Sharif (2007). The life of Imam Husain ('a). Qum: Ansariyan Publications.
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