Yassine

يَاسِين

Boy Arabic (Quranic) /yah-SEEN/ #5059 in 2023

Yassine is a boy name of Arabic (Quranic) origin.

Meaning of Yassine

Name of the 36th surah of the Qur'an, called "the heart of the Qur'an" according to a prophetic tradition. Yā Sīn is among the "luminous letters" (al-ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿāt) whose exact meaning is known only to Allah.

Arabic root: Yā Sīn — (يس) — isolated letters of the Qur'an

Regional variants

"Yaseen" is the most common US spelling. Popular across Moroccan, Algerian, and Egyptian-American families.

Popularity of Yassine

Popularity, 1995–2023

20 births in 2023

1995 2023

460 U.S. births recorded from 1995–2023.

Peak year

2015

36 babies

First recorded

1995

28 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Variants & nicknames

YaseenYacineYassin

Famous people named Yassine

Yasiin Bey (rapper, formerly Mos Def)

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Meaning and cultural context drawn from classical sources: Lisan al-Arab, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Qur'an and Sunnah. If you spot an error, please let us know.