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إِحْسَان
Ehsan
eh-SAAN
“Excellence, kindness.”
About Ehsan
Ehsan is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "excellence, kindness" — an Arabic-Urdu name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Variant of Ihsan.
Common in Iranian and Pakistani families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Urdu
Gender
Boy
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Ehsan is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Ehsan
- What does the name Ehsan mean?
- Ehsan (إِحْسَان) means "Excellence, kindness". Variant of Ihsan.
- Is Ehsan a name from the Qur'an?
- Ehsan does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Urdu name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Ehsan a boy or a girl name?
- Ehsan is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Ehsan come from?
- Ehsan is an Arabic-Urdu name, built on the root letters Ḥ-S-N. Common in Iranian and Pakistani families.
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