Evidence record · given name

Meaning and use are separate questions.

Lexical evidence: Platts records ḥasan as good or beautiful and explicitly as a proper name; the ordinary English form Hassan is separately documented in university usage.

Documented use: Hassan Mohy-ud-Din appears in a LUMS profile and a Fall 2024 deep-learning syllabus.

Selecting the right lexical entry

The Platts dictionary prints two entries under the same unvocalised spelling. One is ḥusn, a noun associated with goodness and beauty. The other is ḥasan, an adjective glossed through goodness and attractiveness, which the dictionary explicitly also identifies as a proper name. Reading the transliteration and grammatical label prevents the two entries from being collapsed into one.[1]

The ḥasan entry also identifies a historical bearer, a son of Ali. That is evidence of the dictionary’s naming context, not a basis for assigning a religious affiliation or family history to every contemporary Hassan. The doubled consonant in ordinary English usage is documented separately below; it is not silently substituted into a scholarly dictionary transcription.[1]

An institutional occurrence in Lahore

Lahore University of Management Sciences names Hassan Mohy-ud-Din in a faculty biography. The page connects him with electrical engineering, applied mathematics and imaging research, and records teaching at UET Lahore, LUMS and Johns Hopkins University. It establishes a particular bearer in Lahore through stated institutional affiliations, rather than through an assumption based on his name.[2]

The profile’s heading spaces the later elements as Mohy Ud Din, while its prose uses Mohy-ud-Din. Hassan remains consistent across both presentations. This small editorial difference is worth preserving when identifying the same faculty record; it supplies no reason to invent alternative spellings of Hassan itself.[2]

A given-name form in a teaching document

A separate Fall 2024 LUMS syllabus for Deep Learning names Hassan Mohy-ud-Din as lead instructor. In its office-hours table, the shorter label is simply Hassan. This is unusually clear practical evidence of how the name is used within a document: a full professional identification first, then a shorter form for an established participant.[3]

The syllabus dates that usage to a particular term and course. It does not count how common Hassan is in Lahore, prescribe a spelling for other people, or disclose this lecturer’s family explanation of the name.[3]

Sources & notes

Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.

  1. John Thompson Platts. A Dictionary of Urdū, Classical Hindī, and English: ḥusn; ḥasan ↗original historical dictionary entry · Source date: 1884 work; consulted Sampson Low impression undated · Locator: Printed 477; scan part 1, PDF 499; ḥusn; ḥasan. Accessed 2026-11-02.Selected printed entry and relevant original corrections inspected. First-edition text; consulted impression is undated. Modern search interfaces and personal naming intentions are outside this lexical scope.Return to Selecting the right lexical entry, paragraph 1 ↑Return to Selecting the right lexical entry, paragraph 2 ↑
  2. Lahore University of Management Sciences. Dr. Hassan Mohy Ud Din: faculty profile ↗university faculty record · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Name heading, school affiliation and biography, especially the opening and teaching-experience paragraphs. Accessed 2026-11-04.The LUMS profile was rechecked for the name forms, research areas and listed teaching experience. The page is a university biography and does not establish a personal naming history.Return to An institutional occurrence in Lahore, paragraph 1 ↑Return to An institutional occurrence in Lahore, paragraph 2 ↑
  3. Hassan Mohy-ud-Din; Lahore University of Management Sciences. EE 414/517, CS 437/5317: Deep Learning, Fall 2024 ↗university course syllabus · Source date: 2024 fall term · Locator: Opening personnel table: lead instructor and office-hours labels; course-offering heading. Accessed 2026-11-04.The Fall 2024 syllabus was rechecked for its lead-instructor and office-hours name forms. It documents a particular course, not the prevalence or meaning of Hassan.Return to A given-name form in a teaching document, paragraph 1 ↑Return to A given-name form in a teaching document, paragraph 2 ↑
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