- Meaning
- Excellence, doing what is beautiful
- Arabic
- إحسان
- Say it
- ih-SAAN
- Gender
- Boy or girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah Ar-Rahman (55:60)
About the meaning
In the hadith of Jibril, ihsan is to worship God as if you see Him. Mostly a boy's name in Turkey and South Asia, a girl's name in parts of the Arab world.
Other spellings
Ehsan, İhsan, Ihssane
Names from the same root (ح س ن)
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Questions about Ihsan
What does Ihsan mean?
Ihsan means: Excellence, doing what is beautiful. In the hadith of Jibril, ihsan is to worship God as if you see Him. Mostly a boy's name in Turkey and South Asia, a girl's name in parts of the Arab world.
Is Ihsan in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah Ar-Rahman (55:60).
Is Ihsan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ihsan is used for boys and for girls.
How do you write Ihsan in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Ihsan is written إحسان.