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Hassan is an Irish , Arabic and Hebrew surname. The name Hassan ( ) in Arabic means "handsome", "manly", "strong" or "good". Hassan may have an eastern look but in Ireland it is the anglicized form 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. 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 ( ) 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.1
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Hassan is an Arabic , Irish , Scottish , or Jewish ( Sephardic and Mizrahic ) surname.
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Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic , Irish , Scottish , or Jewish ( Sephardic and Mizrahic ) surname.
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Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic , Irish , Scottish , or Jewish ( Sephardic and Mizrahic ) surname.
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irish
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arabic
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