# Yasin (name)

Yasin (Arabic: ياسين, IPA:) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. Variants include 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 Khosravi (born 1992), Iranian para-athlete
* 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