Given name & surname
Yosif
“God will add”
Yosif is a variant of Yusuf. In Arabic use, Yusuf carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yosif is a variant of Yusuf. In Arabic use, Yusuf carries the interpretation “God will add.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yosif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 37 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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