Given name · Arabic
يوسف
“to add”
يوسف (yūsuf) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Yūsuf.
Meaning & origin
What it means
يوسف goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), from Biblical Hebrew י־ס־ף.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
يوسف’s family of names
In Arabic usage, يوسف has a conventional equivalent in the French form Joseph. In Arabic usage, يوسف has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Józef. In Arabic usage, يوسف has a transliteration in Yūsuf.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
يوسف has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JosephFrench
- Yusufequivalent
- Yosefequivalent
- Giuseppeequivalent
- Youssefequivalent
- Josefequivalent
- Jozefequivalent
- Yussufequivalent
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- Iosifequivalent
- Youcefequivalent
- Josipequivalent
- Josifequivalent
- Josepequivalent
- Seffequivalent
- Jožeequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Jožefequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Iosephusequivalent
- ЮсуфRussian
- JózefPolish
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Joséequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Giüsèppequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- יוסףequivalent
- Иосифequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
People named يوسف
- B. J. Habibie3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia (1998)1936–2019
- Yusuf al-QaradawiEgyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar (1926-2022)
- Youssouf FofanaFrench footballer (born 1999)
- Youssouf SabalySenegalese and French footballerborn 1993
- Jusuf NurkićBosnian basketball playerborn 1994
- Jusuf Kalla10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia, businessmanborn 1942
- Youssouf KonéMalian association football playerborn 1995
- Yousuf Al-ThunayanSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1963
- Youcef YousfiAlgerian politicianborn 1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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