Husayn

Hussein

Hussein

Arabic name: given name, surname

For other uses, see Hussein (disambiguation).
"Husayn" redirects here. For the grandson of Muhammad, see Husayn ibn Ali.

Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, 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 Husên, Husejin, Husejn, Husain, Hisên, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hüseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain, Hosein, Husseyn (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.[3][4][5]

Quick Facts Pronunciation, Gender ...

This name was not used in the pre-Islamic period,[6] and the Shia claim it was first used by the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he named his first cousin once removed Husayn ibn Ali, saying he had been commanded to do so by Allah through the archangel Gabriel.[6]

Given name

Hossein

Houssein

Husain

Main article: Husain

Husayn

Husein

Hussain

Hussein

Hüseyin

Huseyn

Hüseyin

Hossain

Middle name

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

Huseynov / Guseynov / Гусейнов

See also

References

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

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Husayn, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.