Yassine (name)

Yassine is a given name, an alternative of Yasin, Yassin, Yaseen and Yacine. The name is most common in North Africa. ) The name is derived from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. It is an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Given name

 * Yassine Abdellaoui (born 1975), Dutch–Moroccan footballer
 * Yassine Bensghir (born 1983), Moroccan middle-distance runner
 * Yassine Boukhari (born 1986), Algerian footballer
 * Yassine Chikhaoui (born 1986), Tunisian footballer
 * Yassine Diboun (born 1978), American ultra-runner
 * Yassine El Ghanassy (born 1990), Moroccan footballer

Surname

 * Abdesslam Yassine (born 1928), leader of a Moroccan Islamist organisation
 * Ismail Yassine (1912−1972), Egyptian actor and comedian
 * Nadia Yassine (born 1958), daughter of Abdesslam, head of the feminine branch of the same organisation