Yassine (name)

Yassine (Arabic: ياسين, IPA: [jæːˈsiːn]) is a given name, an alternative of Yasin, Yassin, Yaseen and Yacine. The name is most common in North Africa.^[1] The name is derived from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[2][3]

Notable persons

Given name

• Yassine Abdellaoui (born 1975), Dutch–Moroccan footballer
• Yassine Bensghir (born 1983), Moroccan middle-distance runner
• Yassine Boukhari (born 1986), Algerian footballer
• Yassine Chikhaoui (born 1986), Tunisian footballer
• Yassine Diboun (born 1978), American ultra-runner
• Yassine El Ghanassy (born 1990), Moroccan footballer
• Yassine Mahi, 2022 Brussels stabbing suspect

Surname

• Abdesslam Yassine (born 1928), leader of a Moroccan Islamist organisation
• Ismail Yassine (1912−1972), Egyptian actor and comedian
• Nadia Yassine (born 1958), daughter of Abdesslam, head of the feminine branch of the same organisation

See also

• Ahmed Yassin (born 1937), Palestinian imam and politician, founder of Hamas
• Salle Ibn Yassine, indoor sporting arena in Rabat, Morocco
• Yasin (name), disambiguation
• Yassin (name), disambiguation
• Yacine (name), disambiguation