 In the romanized spelling "Hassan", it is not possible to distinguish which of the two names is intended.The ambiguity can be removed by romanizing the former name as "Hassan" with a single "s", and reserving the spelling with doubled "s" for the latter name, or romanizing the former as "Hasan" and the latter as "Hassan".King al-Ḥasan of Morocco (officially romanized as "Hassan", with a double "ss", due to the influence of French orthography) is an example of the former.