name
Husein
hoo-SAYN
huːˈseɪnListen
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Syllable breakdown
Husein
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Bosniak / Arabic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Meaning
- good; handsome; noble; derived from the Arabic Husayn, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson whose martyrdom is commemorated in Shia Islam; common among Bosniak Sunni Muslims as a mark of respect
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Hussein, Huseyin
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