Given name · also Arabic
Yusufu
“to add”
Yusufu is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Swahili and Hausa.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yusufu goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Yusufu comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic يُوسُف, 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)
Yusufu’s family of names
In Hausa usage, Yusufu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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