Where does the name Hassan come from?

Hassan is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Is Hassan a girl's or a boy's name?

Hassan is usually given to boys.

Swahili name

means "Handsome"

Hassan is a Swahili name meaning "Handsome". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Hassan honours Hasan, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and is a much-loved name along the Swahili coast.

hah-SAHN

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

Hassan keeps the Arabic stress on the last syllable. The Swahili form, Hasani, follows the Swahili rule: hah-SAH-nee.

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What does the name Hassan mean?: Hassan is a Swahili name meaning "Handsome". Hassan honours Hasan, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and is a much-loved name along the Swahili coast.
How do you pronounce Hassan?: Say it hah-SAHN. The part in capitals is stressed. Hassan keeps the Arabic stress on the last syllable. The Swahili form, Hasani, follows the Swahili rule: hah-SAH-nee.
Where does the name Hassan come from?: Hassan is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Hassan a girl's or a boy's name?: Hassan is usually given to boys.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.