وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةً وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا ١٣
And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allāh
حَنِين
Haneen: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Ḥanīn
“Nostalgia, tender longing” for what one loves
Haneen in Islam
The Prophet ﷺ used to preach by a palm trunk; when a pulpit was made for him, “the trunk moaned (fa-hanna), so he went to it and passed his hand over it” (al-Bukhari 3583). The Quran uses a word of the same root for Yahya, granted “tenderness (hanan) from Us” (19:13).
Meaning of the name Haneen
Hanin is the verbal noun of hanna, “to feel nostalgia, to yearn” (root h-n-n, that of hanan, “tenderness”): the tender longing for what one loves and is far from, and also the plaintive cry of a she-camel calling her young. The name evokes attachment and affection. It should not be confused with Hunayn, the valley where the battle mentioned in the Quran (9:25) took place in the year 8 of the Hijra.
- In Arabic
- حَنِين حنين
- Transliteration
- Ḥanīn
- Root
- ح ن ن · 1 occurrence in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Haneen in the Quran?
The name Haneen does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ح ن ن) occurs once. Examples:
In the hadiths
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 3583
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet (ﷺ) went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its crying).
يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ، فَحَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَأَتَاهُ فَمَسَحَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Haneen in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Haneen in each language
- French
- Hanine, Hanin
- English
- Haneen, Hanin
- Spanish
- Hanin, Hanine
- Turkish
- Hanin
- Arabic
- حَنِين