Meaning of the name of Akdha's Twin; Hassan, Hussain

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The baby boy name Hasan is pronounced as HHaa-SAE-N . Hasan is largely used in the Arabic and English languages, and its origin is Arabic. The name's meaning is good, beautiful, beautifier. It is derived literally from the word 'hasan' meaninggood, beautiful.

Al-Hussein was the younger brother of Al-Hasan and a grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SM); his deathin 680 led to the foundation of the ShiiteMuslim sect. The name is in recent times known from King Hussein of Jordan (1935-1999). It is a commonly used Islamicname; Hassan and Hussain in particular are often bestowed upontwins. Among the Hausapeople of Nigeria, Hasani is traditionally given to a boy who is the first-born of twins. The second-borntwin, if he is a boy, is often named Husseini. The name Hasana (Arabic) is the female equivalent of Hasan.

Source: http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/

Hussein (also spelled Husein, Husain,Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Hseyin,Huseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Hossain,Hosein, Hossein, or Husseyn) (Arabic:, usayn), 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 somePersian sources the forms osayn, Hosayn, or Hossein is 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 Husayn ibn Ali, allegedly under the command of the arch-angelGabriel.

Source:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein

Edited by stephhh - 10 years ago