Meaning of Last Name

Meaning: "handsome", "good", "manly", "strong", "benefactor", Son of Osain, Cantor, singer

Origins: Arabic, Irish, Hebrew

Hassan is an Irish, Arabic or Hebrew surname. Variant spellings include Hasan, Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hass, Hassa, Hasa, Haas, Cassin, Chassan, Chasan, Chasson, Chason, Khassan, Khasan, Cassan, Casan, Hasso, Hassanein, Hassani, Hasani, Alhassan, Al-Hassan, Lassana, Alassane, Lacen, Hasanov, Hasanovic, O'Hassan and Hasaan. *The name Hassan (حسن) in Arabic means "handsome", "manly", "strong", "good" or "benefactor". *In Ireland it is one of the anglicized forms of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin (see Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen, Hasson and Hassin. In the Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls of 1663 it appears as O'Hassan. There was a Hasson of Wexford among the "principal gentlemen" of that county in 1598, but that family was no doubt of non-Gaelic stock and a John Hassan was an influential merchant in Wexford fifty years earlier. *The name Hassan (חסן) in Hebrew means "cantor", or "good cantor" derived from the Arabic "good" and the Hebrew "cantor". Hassan is normally an Arab first or last name; but, in the Jewish Sephardic - Mizrahi tradition, it is a Jewish surname. In addition, from the ancient Semitic three-letter root H-S-N (חסן) (حسن), other meanings can be traced. Root Meaning: A storing or hoarding of a treasure or other precious possession. Therefore, the treasure as a sign of power, strength and wealth.