Yaseen (name)

Yaseen is an Arabic-based name and a variant of Yasin, Yassin, Yassine and Yacine. It is an Arabic-based name used frequently in the Arab World and in Muslim countries; يسٓ, ) 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.

It may refer to:

Given name

 * Yaseen Anwar (born 1951), Pakistani-American banker, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
 * Yaseen Al-Bakhit (born 1989), Jordanian footballer
 * Yaseen Bhatkal, or Yasin Bhatkal, full name Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa, named by Indian investigative agencies, was the founder leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen
 * Yaseen El-Demerdash, American Paralympic swimmer
 * Yaseen Khan Khalil, Pakistani politician, Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 * Yaseen Malik or Yasin Malik (born 1966), Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan
 * Yaseen janjua (born 1988), journalist from Jammu and kashmir India
 * Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi, Sunni Sufi Islamic scholar associated with the Ahle Sunnat Barelvi organisation Raza Academy.
 * Yaseen al-Sheyadi (born 1994), Omani footballer
 * Yaseen Valli (born 1995), South African cricketer
 * Yaseen Vallie (born 1989), South African cricketer

Middle name

 * Rosa Yaseen Hassan, Syrian novelist and writer
 * Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed (born 1963), Iraqi weightlifter
 * Taha Yasin Ramadan (1938–2007), Iraqi Kurd politician, who served as one of the three Vice Presidents of Iraq

Surname

 * Abdulla Yaseen (born 1998), Bahraini handball player
 * Ahmed Yaseen or Yassin (1937–2004)m Palestinian imam and politician and founder of Hamas
 * Anas Bani Yaseen (born 1988), Jordanian footballer
 * Asaad Ali Yaseen (born 1953), Iraqi politician, businessman and diplomat
 * Bashar Bani Yaseen (born 1977), Jordanian footballer
 * Khalid Kamal Yaseen (born 1982), Bahraini long-distance runner
 * Moataz Yaseen (born 1982), Jordanian footballer
 * Mohammed Dawood Yaseen (born 2000), Iraqi footballer
 * Muhammad Yaseen, Canadian politician, elected member of the Alberta Legislature
 * Taha Hussein Yaseen (born 1998), Iraqi sprinter specialising in the 400 metres
 * Mohd Yaseen Khan (Yaseen Janjua) (born 1988), journalist from Jammu and kashmir India