Yusuf
Yusuf is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning "God increases" in Hebrew.
Its widely used by Arabs, Indonesian and Muslims.
It is also transliterated in various other ways including Jusuf, Yosef, Yossef, Youcef, Yousaf, Yousef, Yousif, Yousof, Youssef, Youssif, Youssof, Youssouf, Youssuf, Yousuf, Yusaf, Yusef, Yuseff, Yusof, Yussef or Yusuph.
It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph.
Yesuf is a cognate Ethiopian name, derived from the Hebrew and Arabic origin.
Given name
Yosef
- Yosef Ben-Jochannan, American historian
- Yosef Hamadani Cohen, Chief Rabbi in Iran
Yossef
- Yossef Karami, Iranian Taekwondo athlete
- Yossef Romano, Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter, killed in the 1972 Munich massacre
Youcef
- Youcef Abdi, Australian athlete
- Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs
- Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer
Yousef
- Yousef El Nasri Spanish long distance runner
- Yousef Beidas, Palestinian Lebanese banker
- Yousef Erakat, Palestinian YouTube Personality
- Yousef Saanei, Iranian cleric and politician
- Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh, Syrian footballer
Yousif
- Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
- Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer
Youssef
- Youssef Abdelke, Syrian artist
- Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect
- Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese nationalist leader
- Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director
- Youssef Hossam, Egyptian tennis player
- Youssef Ibrahim, Egyptian squash player
- Youssef Ibrahim, nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer
Youssif
- Youssif, Iraqi torture victim
Youssof
- Youssof Kohzad, Afghan American writer and artist
Youssouf
- Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast
- Youssouf Hadji, Moroccan footballer
- Youssouf Hersi, Dutch soccer player
- Youssouf Mulumbu, Congolese footballer
Yousuf
- Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar
- Yousuf Youhanna, Pakistani cricketer
Yusef
- Yusef of Morocco, ruler of Morocco
- Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur, wrestler from Spanish Morocco and Brazilian jiu jitsu champion
- Yusef Ahmed, Qatari international footballer
- Yusef al-Ayeri, Saudi Arabian terrorist, first leader Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
- Yusef Ali Khan, Nawab in the princely state of Rampur
- Yusef Greiss, Egyptian composer
- Yusef Hawkins, American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City attacked by a racist mob
- Yusef Khan, fictional character in the British television soap opera EastEnders
- Yusef Khan-e Gorji, Iranian military leader
- Yusef Komunyakaa, American poet
- Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician
- Yusef Majidzadeh, Iranian archaeologist
- Yusef Mishleb, retired Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces
- Yusef Sozi, Ugandan-British rugby league footballer
- Yusef Urabi, Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah
Yusof
- Yusof Ishak, first President of Singapore
Yussef
- Yussef al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian former extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay
Yussuf
- Yussuf Poulsen, Danish footballer
Yusuf
- Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
- Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph, Caliph of Morocco
- Yusuf Abdullah, South African cricketer
- Yusuf al-'Azma, Syrian War Minister, former military officer in the Ottoman Empire
- Yusuf Ali Kenadid, Somali Sultan
- Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
- Yusuf Başer, Turkish karateka
- Yusuf Bey, American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist
- Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
- Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Omani politician
- Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
- Yusuf Dikeç, Turkish sport shooter
- Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
- Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist
- Yusuf Halaçoğlu, Turkish historian and politician
- Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
- Yusuf Hamadani, Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia
- Yusuf Islam, British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, King of the Berber Almoravid empire
- Yusuf İsmail, Turkish wrestler
- Yusuf Karamanli, pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania
- Yusuf Khatri, Indian master craftsman
- Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Ma Dexin, Chinese Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Mersin, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Nabi, Turkish writer
- Yusuf Öztürk, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Öztürk, Turkish boxer
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Islamic theologian, leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Yusuf Salim, American jazz pianist and composer
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
- Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Uçar, Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- Yusuf Yazıcı, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
- Abu Yusuf Al-Turki, Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front
Surname
Giousouf
- Cemile Giousouf, German politician of Turkish ethnicity
Yousaf
- Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
Yousef
- Abd-El-Aziz Yousef, Somali footballer
- Farrah Yousef, Syrian singer
- Hediya Yousef, Syrian-Kurdish politician
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian spy working for Israel
- Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti terrorist, organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing
- Rasmea Yousef, associate director of the Arab American Action Network
Youssef
- Bassem Youssef, Egyptian writer and comedian
- Dhafer Youssef, Tunisian singer and oud player
- Maimouna Youssef, American singer and rapper
- Maya Youssef, Syrian musician
- Mohamed Youssef, Libyan basketball player
- Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Palestinian militant
- Ramy Youssef, Egyptian handball player
- Ramy Youssef, American actor of Egyptian origin
Yusef
- Anatol Yusef, British actor
- Malik Yusef, American performing poet and rapper
- Mohammad Yusef the Painter, Persian Safavid dynasty artist
- Molla Yusef
Yusof
- Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof, Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
- Meor Aziddin Yusof, independent folk singer-songwriter
- Mohammad Said bin Yusof, member of the Malaysian Parliament
Yusuf
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali, South Asian Islamic scholar
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia
- Abu Yaqub Yusuf, second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh
- Alexander Yusuf, Somali-British architect
- Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, Somali politician
- Hamza Yusuf, American Islamic scholar
- Hanna Yusuf, Somali-British journalist and broadcaster
- Isa Yusuf Alptekin, Uyghur politician
- Mohammad Yusuf , prime minister of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Yusuf , Nigerian Muslin sect founder and leader
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali scholar
- Sami Yusuf, British singer-songwriter
Yussuf
- Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor
Yusuff