Yacine (name)

Yacine is the French version of the Arabic name Yasin. It is common in North Africa. ياسين, ) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Given name

 * Yacine Abdessadki (born 1981), French-born Moroccan football midfielder
 * Yacine Aït-Sahalia (born 1966), Algerian-American economist
 * Yacine Akhnouche, joint citizen of France and Algeria who confessed to having ties to Al Qaeda
 * Yacine Amaouche (born 1979), Algerian footballer
 * Yacine Benalia, Algerian-born Islamist militant, allegedly participated in the Beslan school hostage crisis in 2004
 * Yacine Bentaala (born 1955), former Algerian international who played as a goalkeeper
 * Yacine Bezzaz (born 1981), Algerian football midfielder
 * Yacine Brahimi (born 1990), French football player of Algerian descent
 * El Yacine Derradj (born 1980), Algerian footballer
 * Yacine Diallo (1897–1954), politician from Guinea who served in the French National Assembly from 1946 to 1954
 * Yacine Douma (born 1973), French judoka
 * Yacine Elghorri, animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, conceptual designer and comic book artist
 * Yacine Haddou (born 1989), French professional football player
 * Yacine Hima (born 1984), Algerian footballer
 * Yacine Kechout (born 1982), Algerian football player
 * Khady Yacine Ngom (born 1979), female Senegalese basketball player
 * Yacine Qasmi (born 1991), French-born Moroccan football player
 * Yacine Si Salem (born 1988), French-Algerian football player
 * Yacine Slatni (born 1973), retired Algerian professional footballer

Surname

 * Kateb Yacine (1929–1989), Algerian writer of novels and plays and advocate of the Algerian Berber cause