Yasin (name)

Yassin (ياسين, ) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. Variants are 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 Karaca (1983), Turkish footballer
 * Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988), Somali intellectual, writer and linguist
 * 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 Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish-German footballer

Surname

 * 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
 * Abdallah ibn Yasin (died 1059), theologian, founder, and first leader of the Almoravid movement and dynasty