Yasin (name)

Yasin (Arabic: ياسين, IPA: [jæːˈsiːn]) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. Variants include Yassin, Yaseni, Yassine, Yaseen, Jasin and Yacine.

People with the name include:

Mononym

• Yasin (rapper) also known as Yasin Byn, Swedish hip hop artist

Given name

• Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago
• Yasin Anwar (born 1951), Pakistani-American banker, former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
• Yasin Arafat (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Yasin Aslan, Turkish author
• Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1983), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1984), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Aydın (born 1995), Turkish volleyball player
• Yasiin Bey (born 1973), new name of hip hop artist Mos Def
• Yasin Bhatkal, or Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa, founder leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen
• Yasin Çakmak (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Dutton, Professor of Arabic in School of Languages & Literature at the University of Cape Town
• Yasin Ali Egal (born 1991), Somali footballer
• Yasin Ehliz (born 1992), German ice hockey player
• Yasin Erdal (born 1986), Turkish-Dutch futsal player
• Yasin al-Hashimi (1884–1937), Iraqi politician
• Yasin Hayal (born 1980), Turkish criminal
• Yasin Kaaling (born 2008), Prominent accelerationist LARP:er
• Yasin Karaca (1983), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988), Somali intellectual, writer and linguist
• Yasin Khosravi (born 1992), Iranian para-athlete
• Yasin Malik (born 1966), Kashmiri separatist leader, advocates the separation of Kashmir from India and Pakistan
• Yasin Haji Mohamoud, Somali politician and Foreign Minister
• Yasin Merchant (born 1966), Indian snooker player
• Yasin Mishaui (born 1975), Bulgarian-Arab footballer
• Yasin Said Numan (born 1948), Yemeni politician
• Yasin Hassan Omar (born 1983), convicted criminal for his role in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system
• Yasin Özdenak (born 1948), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Öztekin (born 1987), Turkish-German footballer
• Yasin Öztop (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Yasin Pehlivan (born 1989), Austrian footballer
• Yasin Pilavcılar (born 1990), Turkish jockey
• Yasin Salmani (born 2002), Iranian footballer
• Yasin Sancak (born 1978), Turkish volleyball player
• Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, Somali politician and activist
• Yasin Sulaiman (born 1975), Malaysian singer
• Yasin Sülün (born 1977), Turkish footballer and coach
• Yasin Temel (born 1977), Turkish neurosurgeon
• Yasin Wattoo, Pakistani politician and government minister
• Yasin Willis (born 2004), American football player
• Yasin Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish-German footballer
• Yeasin Ali (born 1961), Bangladeshi politician
• Yeasin Khan (born 1994), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Yeasin Arafat (born 2003), Bangladeshi footballer

Surname

• Abdallah ibn Yasin (died 1059), theologian, founder, and first leader of the Almoravid movement and dynasty
• Ahmed Yassin (died 2004) Hamas Co-founder, Hamas spiritual leader
• Abdul Rahman Yasin (born 1960), 1993 World Trade Center bomber planner
• Ahmed Yusuf Yasin (born 1957), Vice-President of Somaliland, 2002−2010
• Bilal Yasin (born 1970), Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• Deqa Yasin, Somali politician and government minister
• Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, aka HSY, Pakistani fashion designer and television host
• Iman Khatib-Yasin (born 1964), Israeli Arab social worker and politician
• Ismail Yasin (1912−1972), Egyptian actor and comedian
• Khalid Yasin (born 1946), Islamic activist
• Khalid Yasin [Abdul Aziz] (1940−1978), American jazz organist and pianist known as Larry Young
• Lilah Yasin (born 1957), Malaysian politician
• Mian Hamid Yasin, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Mo Yasin, Pakistani squash player
• Mohammad Yasin (cricketer) (born 1992), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Yasin (politician) (born 1971), British politician
• Nabeel Yasin (born 1950), Iraqi poet, journalist and political activist
• Naved Yasin (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
• Nurmemet Yasin (c. 1977-reportedly died 2011), Uighur Chinese author
• Rachmat Yasin (born 1963), or Rahmat Yasin, Indonesian politician
• Rania al Yassin, Queen Rania of Jordan (born 1970), wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Salim Yasin (1937–2016), Syrian economist and politician
• Shadya Yasin, Somali social activist
• Yazid Yasin, Singapore footballer
• Yevgeny Yasin (1934–2023), Russian economist and politician
• Yusuf Yasin (1888−1962), Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician

See also

• Yassin (name)
• Yassine (name)
• Yacine (name)
• Yaşın (surname)
• Taha (name)