Meaning & origin
What it means
Yusof is a romanization of یوسف. یوسف goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yusof is a romanization of یوسف. یوسف comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
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
Yusof through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 6 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2011.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yusof’s family of names
Yusof may belong to the same name family as YUSOFF. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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