Forename حسین

Throughout the world, حسین (Hussain , Hussein , Husain , and others...) is a prevalent predominantly male, but scarcely girly forename. The first name حسین is characteristic of Maldives, where it is a widespread male name, Lebanon, and Bahrain (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Pakistan, and Egypt. More prevalently, حسین is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name حسین

name Husein, name हुसेन, name Jordan, name হুসেইন, name Huseyin, name Houcine, name حسين, name Hussaïn, name Χουσεΐν, name Хоссейн, name Husayn, name Husseyn, name Hussayn, name Hosein, name ホセイン, name 胡申, name Hussein, name Хосеин, name Hosejn, name Hsyn, name חוסיין, name Hossain, name Hüseyn, name Hossein, name Husain, name Хуссейн, name 海山, name Husajn, name Hsin, name Хусейн, name Haussein, name Houssayn, name Хюсейн, name Hussain, name Hüseyin, name Hosseyn, name حُسين, name Оссейн, name Huseyn, name Hocine, name Hyseni, name Хусеин, name Husseïn, name حسین, name Houssein

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Hossein, Hussain, Hosein, Husein, Hussein, Husayn, Husain	India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Hüseyin	United Kingdom, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia
Huseyin	Iraq, India, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia
حسین	Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Husajn	Malaysia

First names said to be same

Haussein, Hocine, Hosejn, Hossain, Hosseyn, Houcine, Houssayn, Houssein, Hsin, Hsyn, Huseyn, Hussayn, Hussaïn, Husseyn, Husseïn, Hyseni, Hüseyn, Jordan, Χουσεΐν, Оссейн, Хосеин, Хоссейн, Хусеин, Хусейн, Хуссейн, Хюсейн, חוסיין, حسين, حُسين, हुसेन, হুসেইন, ホセイン, 海山, and 胡申

First name حسین in the context

حسین is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hussein Ben Akool , character in Darb Alzalaq; Hüseyin , the operatic character in the opera Gegen die Wand and Hüseyin Şevki Topuz .

Notable namesakes

	حسین بن مسعود بغوی Persian Muslim Mufassir, hadith scholar and a Shafi`i faqih, AF (b. 1041)
	حسین بیگ شاملو senior Safavid official under Shah Ismail I, IR (b. 1452)
	حسین واعظ کاشفی Iranian writer, astronomer, and mathematician, IR (b. 1461)
	حسین ثنایی مشهدی Persian poet of Indian Mughal court, IR (b. 1501)
	شاه سلطان حسین Safavid Shah of Iran (1668-1726, r. 1694-1722), IR (b. 1668)
	حسین خوانساری Iranian philosopher, IR (b. 1637)
	حسین رفیق اصفهانی Iranian poet, IR (b. 1737)
	حسین مشکین‌قلم prominent Bahá'í and calligrapher of 19th-century Persia, IR (b. 1826)
	حسین طباطبایی قمی Iranian faqih, IR (b. 1865)
	حسین آقا ملک Iranian philanthropist, IR (b. 1873)
	حسین سمیعی Iranian politician and writer, IR (b. 1874)
	حسین پیرنیا Iranian politician (1875-1945), IR (b. 1875)
	حسین عرب‌باغی Iranian shi'a scholar and writer, IR (b. 1875)
	حسین توفیق Iranian poet, writer and journalist, IR (b. 1879)
	حسین علاء Iranian politician (1881-1964), Prime Minister of Iran, IR (b. 1881)