Given name & surname · also Urdu
Yousaf
Yousaf is a surname from Urdu, ultimately from Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Yousaf comes from Urdu, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Urdu يوسف, from Arabic يُوسِف, from Hebrew יוסף.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yousaf through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 239
- 239 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,176 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,176 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 391 as a first name in 2020; 958 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yousaf’s family of names
In English usage, Yousaf as a surname has a related form in YOUSSEF.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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