Yousif

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Yousif is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.5K records spelled Yousif7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Iraq, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Y̊ỏụṥif

• Russian given name1.3K records spelled Yousif31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Юсиф, Yusif, Юсіф, Jusif, Iusif

• Turkish given name427 records spelled Yousif6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Iraq, United States, Syria

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Ýöûsïf, Ýôûşîf, Ŷǒǖšǐf

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 39 years between 1984–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Youssef ibn Tashfinb. 1009MAnot in their usual nameleader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus
• Al-Mustanjidb. 1124IQnot in their usual namethe Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1160 to 1170
• Baha ad-Din Shoiebb. 1145IQnot in their usual nameKurdish historian and scholar, biographer of Saladin (1145–1234)
• Yusof bin Ishakb. 1910SGnot in their usual name1st President of Singapore (1910–1970)
• Yusuf Luleb. 1912UGnot in their usual namefourth president of Uganda (1912–1985)
• Yousaf Raza Gillanib. 1952PKnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012
• Yusuf Dikeçb. 1973TRnot in their usual nameTurkish sport shooter (born 1973)
• Yousef Sweidb. 1976ILnot in their usual nameArab-Israeli actor of Palestinian descent
• Yusuf Yazıcıb. 1997TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1997)
• YusufEGnot in their usual nameprophet and son of Jacob in Islam

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 177 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yousif?

We estimate roughly 5.7 thousand people bear Yousif (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Yousif have the most bearers?

Yousif is most frequently recorded in Iraq, where it is most often spelled yousif.

How common is Yousif compared with other names?

In Iraq, Yousif is the 807th most common given name of 93,672 given names recorded there.

Is Yousif a male or female name?

Yousif is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Yousif mean?

Recorded meaning: Joseph (Arabic يوسف)