Gender: Male Meanings: Form of Husain or Husayn, a form of Hasan or Hassan: Good, handsome, beautiful (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa). People Barack Hussein Obama, II Resource References: What’s In a Name? Unaitwaje? A Swahili Book of NamesAfrican NamesProud Heritage: 11,001 Names for Your African-American BabyA World of Baby Names