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

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