Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Hasan

Hasan /haˈsan/

“good, handsome (given name)”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
H
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Hasan?

Hasan

IPA /haˈsan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Hasan mean?

Hasan is a man’s name from Arabic ḥasan, “good, handsome”, and one of the best-loved names in Türkiye. As a surname it reflects a practice many families followed in 1934: taking an ancestor’s first name directly as the family name.1

What is Hasan made of?

Hasan is a single Arabic root: hasan (Hasan: man’s name; Arabic “good, handsome”).

Hasan root hasan Hasan: man’s name; Arabic“good, handsome” ARABIC ḥasan “good, handsome, fine” Hasan hasan root Hasan: man’s name; Arabic “good,handsome” ḥasan ARABIC “good, handsome, fine”
Hasan: parts and root words
  • ḥasan Arabic — good, handsome, fine1

How was the name Hasan formed?

Hasan is the word hasan (“Hasan: man’s name; Arabic “good, handsome””), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Hasan?

Hasan Karahasan Pirhasan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karahasan same root – –
02 Pirhasan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Hasan?

  1. Uzun Hasan sovereign 1423–1478
  2. Burak Hasan taekwondo athlete 1985–
  3. Mustafa Hasan film director 1908–1968
  4. Farah Hasan researcher
  5. Irfan Hasan physician
  6. Masum Hasan mathematician

People surnamed Hasan as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Hasan also a first name?

Yes. Hasan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “good, handsome (given name)”.

2018–2025

Hasan as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Hasan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Hasan accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Hasan

Q1

What does the surname Hasan mean?

Hasan is a man’s name from Arabic ḥasan, “good, handsome”, and one of the best-loved names in Türkiye. As a surname it reflects a practice many families followed in 1934: taking an ancestor’s first name directly as the family name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Hasan?

The root word of Hasan is ḥasan (Arabic): “good, handsome, fine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Hasan?

Ha·san, 2 syllables; IPA: /haˈsan/.