as a Last Name
- 1,721
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Husain
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Ḥusayn, a diminutive of Ḥasān ‘good’, ‘handsome’ (see Hasan). Husain (c. 626–680) and his elder brother Hasan were sons of the khalif ῾Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (see Ali) and, through their mother Fatima, grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad. The death of Husain in a massacre at Karbela signaled the beginning of a long period of internecine strife in the Muslim world. Shiite Muslims regard Hasan and his brother Husain as the true successors of Muhammad, and observe the day of his death as a day of mourning. The name is popular among Sunni Muslims as well as Shiites.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,721
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maryland
- has the most people named Husain per capita
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