| Husein | |
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| Gender | male |
| Meaning | "handsome" |
| Region of Origin | Middle East |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Related names | Hassan |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Husein |
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Husein, Hussein, Hossein, Hossain, Hussain, Husain, Hosein, Haussein, Husayn (Arabic: حسین Ḥussayn), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good" or "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims, in honor of Husayn ibn Ali (626-680 AD), although the name is so common it is also given to persons of secular backgrounds. In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein is used [1]. the Turkish form is Hüseyin.
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Given names
- Husayn ibn Ali – grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and son of Caliph Ali ibn abu Talib
- Husayn Bayqarah – Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 to his death
- Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca – Sherif and Emir of Mecca
- Hussein Chalayan – British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer
- Hussein el-Husseini – former Lebanese Parliament Speaker
- Husein ef. Hodzić, Chief Imam for Eastern Herzegovina
- Husein Gradaščević – Bosnian Muslim 19th century leader and rebel
- Hussein of Jordan – King of Jordan
- Hussein Kamel – son-in-law of Saddam Hussein
- Husayn Kamil – Sultan of Egypt and King of The Sudan (December 19, 1914 – October 9, 1917)
- Barack Hussein Obama – president of the United States of America
- Hussein Onn – third Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Husayn (Safavid) – former Safavid king of Persia
Patronymics
- Ali ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Shahrbānū
- Ali Akbar ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Umm-e-Laila
- Ali Asghar ibn Husayn – son of Shi’as’ third Imam Hussain ibn Ali and Rubab
- King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein – King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Ali bin Hussein of Jordan – son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife
- Alia al Hussein – third wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- Tahir ibn Husayn – Persian general and governor during the Abbasid caliphate
- M.F. Hussain – eminent artist from India
- Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz – King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca
- Fatimah bint Husayn
- Fouad Hussein – Jordanian journalist
- Hala Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
- Hussein el-Husseini – former Lebanese Parliament
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal – Egyptian writer, journalist, politician and a former Minister of Education in Egypt
- Nasser Hussain – former Essex and England cricketer.
- Robert Hossein, a French film actor, director and writer.
- Princess Muna al-Hussein – second wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- Qusay Hussein – son of Saddam Hussein
- Raghad Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
- Rana Hussein – daughter of Saddam Hussein
- Saddam Hussein – former President of Iraq
- Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein – pretender to the throne of Iraq
- Taha Hussein – Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
- Uday Hussein – son of Saddam Hussein
- Zakir Hussain – famous contemporary north Indian tabla player
Other
- Al Hussein – Iraqi missile
- Sheikh Hussein – holy Muslim site in Ethiopia named after Sheikh Hussein (person)
- Mullá Husayn – first Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement
- Mohammad Qadir Hussain, a Pakistani Nuclear Physicist
- Hussein, An Entertainment, a novel by Patrick O'Brian
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