Wassan Family History
Wassan Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohamed, Syed, Ali, Mohammad, Mohammed, Ahmed, Hassan, Mahmoud, Ibrahim, Mahmood, Mostafa, Omar.
Muslim (mainly Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria, and Pakistan): variant of Hasan . Compare Hassen and Hasson .
Somali: from a Somali Muslim personal name of Arabic origin (see Hasan , compare above). — Note: Since Somalis traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Irish (Derry): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓsáin ‘descendant of Ósán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of os ‘deer’. Compare Hesson .
English: variant of Halson, a patronymic meaning ‘son of Hal’ (a pet form of Harry ), or else a variant of Hawson, a patronymic meaning ‘son of Haw’ (from a rhyming pet form of the Middle English male personal name Raw; see Ralph ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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