Hassan

{{Infobox surname |name = Hassan |image = |imagesize = |caption = |pronunciation = |meaning = Arabic: "handsome", "good", "manly", "strong", "benefactor"; Irish and Scottish: "descendant of Osain", "descendant of Oisín"; Jewish: used as a spelling variant of Hazzan "cantor"|region = Arabic, Irish, Scottish, Jewish |origin = Arabic, Irish, Scottish, Jewish |variant = |footnotes = }} Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish (Sephardic and Mizrahic) surname. Etymology and spelling There are several unrelated origins for this surname: In Arabic, Hassan is a transliteration of two names that both derive from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N:, which means "good", "handsome", "excellent", or "favorable"; and (حَسَّان), which means "benefactor". In Ireland/Scotland, the surname Hassan is one of the anglicized forms of the Gaelic (Irish/Scottish) form of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin (Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin and Hessin. 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.hoganstand.com: Irish Identity Surnames In Irish surnamedb.com: Surnameirishtimes.com: Irish Ancestors Surname Hassan Another derivation is from "Hal's son". In Israel and among Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, the surname Hassan is derived as a spelling variant of Hazzan ("cantor") and therefore most likely represents an alteration of this term through Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Arabic.jpost.com: French Jews reclaim 'Jewish' namessephardicgen.com: Sephardic SurnamesTemple Israel , Tulsa Hassan is normally an Arab first or last name; but, in the Jewish Sephardic – Mizrahi traditions, it is a Jewish surname.