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Updated February 20, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Arabic : Good-looking

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Hassan

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic hassan ‘beautifier’. The poet Hassan bin Sabit was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
  • Muslim : variant spelling of Hasan.
  • Irish (County Derry) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓsáin ‘descendant of Ósán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of os ‘deer’.

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