# Yassin (name)

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'''Yassin''', an alternative of [Yasin](/source/Yasin_(name)), [Yassine](/source/Yassine_(name)), [Yaseen](/source/Yaseen_(name)), [Yacine](/source/Yacine_(name)), [Yesine](/source/Yesine_(name)),  [Yessine](/source/Yessine_(name)) and [Yessin](/source/Yessin_(name)) ({{langx|ar|ياسين|Yāsīn}},<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.namearabic.com/en/product/diwani_jilly/yasin|title=Yasin name with Arabic Calligraphy|access-date=2018-06-02|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827174208/https://www.namearabic.com/en/product/diwani_jilly/yasin|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{IPA|ar|jæːˈsiːn|IPA}}), is a unisex given name mostly common in the Arab world and Muslim countries, and a surname. The name comes from a chapter ([surah](/source/surah)) of the [Quran](/source/Quran) called [Ya-Sin](/source/Ya-Sin).
People with this name generally originate from Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon.

==Notable persons==
===Given name===
*[Yassin Adnan](/source/Yassin_Adnan) (born 1970), Moroccan writer and broadcaster
*[Yassin M. Aref](/source/Yassin_M._Aref), American prisoner
*[Yassin Ayoub](/source/Yassin_Ayoub) (born 1994), Dutch-Moroccan footballer
*[Yassin El-Azzouzi](/source/Yassin_El-Azzouzi) (born 1983), French-Moroccan footballer
*[Yassin Barnawi](/source/Yassin_Barnawi) (born 1993), Saudi Arabian footballer
*[Yassin Bouih](/source/Yassin_Bouih) (born 1996), Italian middle-distance runner
*[Yassin Chadili](/source/Yassin_Chadili) (born 1988), French footballer
*[Yassin Daoussi](/source/Yassin_Daoussi) (born 2000), Finnish footballer
*[Yassin Fekir](/source/Yassin_Fekir) (born 1997), French footballer 
*[Yassin Fortuné](/source/Yassin_Fortun%C3%A9) (born 1999), French footballer
*[Yassin Hamzah](/source/Yassin_Hamzah) (born 1990), Saudi Arabian footballer 
*[Yassin Ibrahim](/source/Yassin_Ibrahim) (born 2000), German footballer
*[Yassin Idbihi](/source/Yassin_Idbihi) (born 1983), German basketball player
*[Yassin Kadi](/source/Yassin_Kadi) (born 1955), Saudi Arabian businessman
*[Yassin Mikari](/source/Yassin_Mikari), Tunisian-Swiss footballer
*[Yassin Maouche](/source/Yassin_Maouche) (born 1997), French footballer
*[Yassin Moutaouakil](/source/Yassin_Moutaouakil) (born 1986), French footballer
*[Yassin Oukili](/source/Yassin_Oukili) (born 2001), Dutch footballer
*[Yassin al-Haj Saleh](/source/Yassin_al-Haj_Saleh) (born 1961), Syrian writer and political dissident
*[Yessin Rahmouni](/source/Yessin_Rahmouni) (born 1984), Olympic dressage rider
===Surname===
*[Abed Yassin](/source/Abed_Yassin) (born 2004), Palestinian footballer
*[Ahmed Yassin](/source/Ahmed_Yassin) (1937–2004), Palestinian imam and politician and founder of Hamas
*[Anwar Yassin](/source/Anwar_Yassin), Lebanese former detainee in Israeli prisons, member of the Popular Guard, the armed wing of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), and the broader Lebanese National Resistance Front 
*[Asser Yassin](/source/Asser_Yassin) (born 1981), Egyptian actor, writer and film producer
*[Essam Yassin](/source/Essam_Yassin) (born 1987), Iraqi footballer
*[Hussein Yassin](/source/Hussein_Yassin) (born 1943), Palestinian writer
*[Kamarul Ariffin Mohamed Yassin](/source/Kamarul_Ariffin_Mohamed_Yassin) (born 1934), Malaysian chairman of the World Scout Committee
*[Muhyiddin Yassin](/source/Muhyiddin_Yassin) (born 1947), Malaysian politician and prime minister
*[Nuseir Yassin](/source/Nuseir_Yassin) (born 1992), Palestinian-Israeli video blogger best known for his video series Nas Daily 
*[Omar Rabie Yassin](/source/Omar_Rabie_Yassin) (born 1988), Egyptian footballer 
*[Osama Yassin](/source/Osama_Yassin) (born 1964), Egyptian politician and minister of youth
*[Rabie Yassin](/source/Rabie_Yassin) (born 1960), Egyptian footballer and football manager
*[Ismail Yassin](/source/Ismail_Yassin) (born 1912), was an Egyptian actor and script writer, He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin

==See also==
*[Yasin (name)](/source/Yasin_(name))
*[Yassine (name)](/source/Yassine_(name))
*[Yacine (name)](/source/Yacine_(name))
*[Yaseen (name)](/source/Yaseen_(name))

==References==
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Category:Arabic-language surnames
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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