Hassan (surname)

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For other uses, see Hassan.
Hassan
Family name
Meaning "handsome", "good", "manly", "strong", "benefactor"; "son of Osain", "son of Oisín"; "cantor", "singer"
Region of origin Arabic, Irish, Scottish, Hebrew

Hassan (also spelled Hasan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hass, Hassa, Hasa, Hess, Cassin, Chassan, Chasan, Chasson, Chason, Khassan, Khasan, Cassan, Casan, Hasso, Hassanein, Hasnen, Hassani, Hasani, Alhassan, Al-Hassan, Lassana, Alassane, Lacen, Lasanah, Assan, Asan, Asanov, Hasanov/Hasanova, Khasanov/Khasanova, Hasanoff, Jasanoff, Hasanović, Hasanovic, Asanović, Hasanovich, Asanovski, O'Hassan, Haasan, or Hasaan) is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Hebrew surname.

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Etymology and spelling

There are several unrelated origins for this name:

  • In Arabic, the surname Hassan (حسن, Ḥasan) means "handsome", "manly", "strong", "good" or "benefactor".
  • In Ireland/Scotland, the surname Hassan is one of the anglicized forms of the Gaelic (Irish/Scottish) form of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin (Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin and Hessin. In the Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls of 1663, it appears as O'Hassan. There was a Hasson of Wexford among the "principal gentlemen" of that county in 1598, but that family was no doubt of non-Gaelic stock, and a John Hassan was an influential merchant in Wexford fifty years earlier.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
  • In Hebrew, the surname Hassan (חסן) means "cantor", or "good cantor", derived from the Arabic "good" and the Hebrew "cantor".[7][8][9][10] Hassan is normally an Arab first or last name; but, in the Jewish Sephardic - Mizrahi tradition, it is a Jewish surname.[11][12] The Hassan[13] or Hasson (see also Hassoun),[14] appear to have most likely originated from Spain, from where the Jewish family has initially settled in Morocco [15] and in Livorno, Italy following 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and afterwards following the 16th century has spread throughout the Ottoman Empire (notably to Thessaloniki, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; in 1592 in Sidon, Lebanon; Damascus, Syria; Constantine, Algeria and Tunis, Tunisia).[16]
List of variant spellings
  • In French: Hassan, Hassen, Hasson or Hacen
  • In Spanish: Hassan, Hassán, Hacen, Hacén, Jassan, Jassán, Jasan, Jasán, Hasson or Jasanoff
  • In Italian: Cassan, Cassano, Cassani, Hasson, Gazzano, Gazzani, Gassano, Gassani.
  • In Russian and Bulgarian (in Cyrillic): Хасан, Хасан, Асанов/Хасанов (masculine), Асанова/Хасанова (feminine)
  • In Russian (in Cyrillic): Хасан, Хассан, Хассен, Хэссан, Гасан, Асан
  • In Hebrew: חסן (Hasan or Hassan)
  • In Arabic: حسن (Ḥasan)
  • In Armenian: Hassanian or Hasanian
  • In Azerbaijan: Həsən
  • In West Africa: Lassana, Alassane and Lacen, derived from al-Hassan.
  • In Finland: Hasanen for Hassan, derived from the Arabic Hassan and the Finnish suffix for surnames -en.[17]
  • In Turkish: Hasan
  • In Bosnian: Hasanović
  • In Albanian: Hasani
  • In Macedonian: Hasanovski or Asanovski
  • In Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin: Asanović or Hasanović
  • In China, some Muslims believe that their surname Ha (哈) is abbreviated from Arabic Hassan.
  • In Kurdish: Hesan
  • In Somali: Xasan
Popularity of the name

People

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  • Daisy Hasan, Indian-English author and teacher
  • David Ben Hassin (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poet
  • David Hassan (born 1972), Northern Irish academic, writer, and current Professor of Sport Policy and Management at the University of Ulster
  • Dinara Asanova (1942–1985), a Soviet film director

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  • Phil Hassan (born 1974), English rugby league and rugby union footballer

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Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ hoganstand.com: Irish Identity Surnames In Irish
  3. ↑ ulsterancestry.com: Ulster Ancestry Irish Family Names
  4. ↑ surnamedb.com: Surname
  5. ↑ medievalscotland.org: 16th & 17th Century Anglicized Irish Surnames
  6. ↑ irishtimes.com: Irish Ancestors Surname Hassan
  7. ↑ Temple Israel, Tulsa
  8. ↑ avotaynu.com: Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel
  9. ↑ sephardicgen.com: Sephardic Surnames
  10. ↑ italian-family-history.com: Jewish Genealogy in Italy
  11. ↑ independent.co.uk: Obituary: Sir Joshua Hassan
  12. ↑ jpost.com: French Jews reclaim 'Jewish' names
  13. ↑ italian-family-history.com: Jewish Genealogy in Italy
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ http://artengine.ca/eliany/html/meaningofnames/h/hassan.html
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Finland's Population Register Centre: [1] (Select "Surname search" and enter "Hasanen")

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