Yusuf

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف‎ Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew.[1] Its widely used by Arabs, Indonesians and Muslims.

For other uses, see Yusuf (disambiguation).
Yusuf
PronunciationArabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf]
Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf]
GenderMale
Language(s)Persian, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Arabic
Origin
Language(s)Hebrew
Other names
Cognate(s)Joseph

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

Yossef
  • Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
  • Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre

Youcef

Yousef

Yousef Mashal

Yousif

Youssef

Youssif

Youssof

Youssouf

Yousuf
  • Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000), Muslim scholar
  • Yousuf Youhanna (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer

Yusef
  • Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)
  • Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur (born 1989), wrestler from Spanish Morocco and Brazilian jiu jitsu champion
  • Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer
  • Yusef al-Ayeri (1973–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist, first leader Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
  • Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–65) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
  • Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer
  • Yusef Hawkins (also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–89), 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 (died 1824), Iranian military leader
  • Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941), American poet
  • Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American jazz musician
  • Yusef Majidzadeh (born 1938), Iranian archaeologist
  • Yusef Mishleb (also known as Yosef Mishlev, born 1952), retired Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces
  • Yusef Sozi (born 1981), Ugandan-British rugby league footballer
  • Yusef Urabi (died 1966), Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah

Yusof
  • Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore

Yussef
  • Yussef al-Shihri (1985–2009), Saudi Arabian former extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay

Yussuf

Yusuf
  • Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (1318–54), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
  • Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph (c. 1203–1224), Caliph of Morocco
  • Yusuf Abdullah, South African cricketer
  • Yusuf al-'Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, former military officer in the Ottoman Empire
  • Yusuf Ali Kenadid, Somali Sultan
  • Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
  • Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka
  • Yusuf Bey (1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist
  • Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
  • Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (born 1945), Omani politician
  • Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
  • Yusuf Dikeç (born 1983), Turkish sport shooter
  • Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
  • Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist
  • Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician
  • Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
  • Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia
  • Yusuf Islam, British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens
  • Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c.1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire
  • Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), Turkish wrestler
  • Yusuf Karamanli (1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya)
  • Yusuf Khatri, Indian master craftsman
  • Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer

Abdul-kareem Yusuf Opeyemi (also Known as irreducible eminent, born Dec 17 1999, from Nigeria)

Surname

Giousouf

Yousaf

Yousef

Youssef

Yusef

Yusof
  • Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
  • Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967), independent folk singer-songwriter
  • Mohammad Said bin Yusof, member of the Malaysian Parliament

Yusuf

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  • Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor

Yusuff
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See also
  • Joseph (given name)
  • Joseph in Islam
  • Hajj Yusef (disambiguation) – places
  • Hajji Yusef (disambiguation) – places
  • Yusuf Ali (disambiguation)
  • Arabic name
  • Turkish name
  • All pages with titles beginning with Jusuf
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yosef
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yossef
  • All pages with titles beginning with Youcef
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yous
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yusaf
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yusef
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yusif
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yusof
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yuss
  • All pages with titles beginning with Yusuf

References
  1. From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add".
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