Hussein

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Arabic given name Arabic surname masculine given name

Hussein is a common Arabic surname and given name, notably borne by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Husayn 2
bin Hussein 2
Hussein (given name) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic given name ⓘ
Arabic surname ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasGivenNameForm Hussein self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hussein (given name)
hasLanguageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
hasMeaning beautiful ⓘ
good ⓘ
handsome ⓘ
hasOriginalScript Arabic script ⓘ
hasScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
hasSurnameForm Hussein (surname) ⓘ
hasTransliterationOf حسين ⓘ
hasVariant Hossain ⓘ
Hossain ⓘ
surface form: Hossayn

Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
surface form: Husayn

Hussain ⓘ
surface form: Husein

Huseyn ⓘ
Hussain ⓘ
isAssociatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
isCommonInCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Egypt ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
isDerivedFrom Arabic root ح س ن ⓘ
isDiminutiveOf Hussain ⓘ
surface form: Hasan
isNotablyBorneBy Hussein Chalayan ⓘ
Hussein Onn ⓘ
Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
surface form: Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

King Hussein of Jordan ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
isUsedAs family name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
isUsedBy Arabs ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
isUsedIn Arab world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hala Hussein → familyName → Hussein ⓘ
this entity surface form: bin Hussein
this entity surface form: bin Hussein
Qusay Hussein → familyName → Hussein ⓘ
Raghad Hussein → familyName → Hussein ⓘ
Saddam Hussein → familyName → Hussein ⓘ
Uday Hussein → familyName → Hussein ⓘ
Avicenna → givenName → Hussein ⓘ
this entity surface form: Husayn
bin Talal → givenName → Hussein ⓘ
subject surface form: Hussein bin Talal
al‑Hallaj → givenName → Hussein ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj
this entity surface form: Husayn
Hussein → hasGivenNameForm → Hussein self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hussein (given name)