A Name Story by Houdhoud
يَاسِين
Yacine
ya-SEEN
“Yasin (the Quranic surah).”
About Yacine
Yacine is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "yasin (the quranic surah)" — an Arabic-Berber name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
French/Maghrebi spelling of Yasin — the title of Surah 36 of the Qur'an. From the disjointed letters yāʾ-sīn that open the surah.
Very common in Algerian, Tunisian, and Moroccan families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Berber
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 Yacine is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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