Husayn


Gender:
Origin: Arabic
38 famous people named Husayn found on Wikipedia.
95 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 7253-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 5361-th in year 2016
Used in: Arabic

Meanings

Hussein (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. In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are used. 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, 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.


Diminutive of Hasan: good looking.

Famous People: 38 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Husayn ibn Ali 0626 The grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
2 Sukayna bint Husayn 0676 Twelver
3 Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn 0662 Muslim martyr
4 Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn 0680 Islamic martyr
5 Sultan Husayn 1668 King of Iran
6 Tahir ibn Husayn 0776 Abbasid caliphate general
7 Mullá Husayn 1813 Persian Letter of the Living
8 Ala al-Din Husayn
9 Husayn Fawzi Alnajjar 1918 Egyptian historian
10 Husayn ibn Numayr al-Sakuni
11 Izz al-Din Husayn
12 Husayn Muhammed al-Umari 1936 Palestinian terrorist
13 Husayn ibn Hamdan Abbasid general
14 Husayn Pasha Ottoman politician
15 Husayn of Zaragoza Wali governor of Zaragoza
16 Husayn Pasha ibn Makki
17 Husayn Rosowsky 1991 British fencer (foil)
18 Husayn Abd al-Hadi
19 Husayn Muruwwa 1910 Lebanese journalist and literary critic
20 Husayn al-Jisr 1845
21 Husayn al-Shami Hezbollah leader
22 Firuz Husayn
23 Husayn al-Khalidi 1895 Palestinian Jordanian politician
24 Husayn Ali Mirza 1789
25 Amir Husayn
26 Husayn Saral
27 Husayn Khing Sawar
28 Abd Allah III ibn Husayn
29 Husayn Manzade 1621
30 Pir Husayn
31 Husayn Xah Langah II 1498
32 Husayn Xah Arghun 1490
33 Husayn Xah Xarki
34 Husayn Xah Langah I
35 Husayn Nizam Xah I
36 Husayn Nizam Xah II
37 Husayn Nizam Xah III
38 Husayn ibn Hasan