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Updated January 30, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Arabic : Good-looking

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Hasan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from the Arabic personal name ̣Hasān ‘good’, ‘handsome’. Hasan (c.625–669) and his brother Husain were sons of the khalif ‛Alī ibn Abī ̣Tālib (see Ali) and, through their mother Fatima, grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad. Shiite Muslims regard Hasan and his brother Husain as the true successors of Muhammad. The name is popular among Sunni Muslims as well as Shiites.
  • Jewish : variant of Hazan.

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