Yusuf

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Юсуф in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TJ Tajikistan and 3 more, Yousef in EG Egypt, JO Jordan, SA Saudi Arabia and 2 more, Yusof in MY Malaysia and ยูโซ๊ะ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

Yusuf is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name405K records spelled Yusuf158 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Russia, Indonesia

  Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla

  Also written Yousuf, Юсуп, Yusup, Yuşup, Yusof

• Indonesian given name309K records spelled Yusuf18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Türkiye

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Yusuf, Yusuf', Yüsüf, Y'Usuf, Yüsuf

• Swahili given name295K records spelled Yusuf3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Türkiye, India, United States

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Y'Usuf

• a separate given name203K records spelled Yusuf8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Türkiye, Ethiopia

  Also written Yūsuf, Yúsuf, Yusüf, Yûsuf, Yusūf

• French given name44K records spelled Yusuf6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Nigeria

  Also written Y'Usuf, Yûsuf, Yüsüf, Yúsúf, Yūsuf

• Amharic given name28K records spelled Yusuf7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Türkiye, Ethiopia, India

  Also written ዩሱፍ, Yusufe, Yüsuf, Yüsüf, Yûsuf

• Spanish given name25K records spelled Yusuf11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Nigeria, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Y'Usuf, Yūsuf, Yüsuf, 'Yusuf, Ÿušuf

• Vietnamese given name16K records spelled Yusuf2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, Nigeria, Vietnam

  Also written Y'Usuf

67 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.

Other recorded senses●

Yusuf is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, Swahili/Muslim: ‘the beautiful’ or ‘he shall increase’; biblical Joseph

  as a name·African Names

• In Arabic, Arabic form of Joseph, the Qur'anic prophet.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, Qur'anic sura title; the prophet Joseph.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Turkish, a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A male given name, equivalent to English Joseph.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 97 years between 1898–2017. 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. 1912UGfourth president of Uganda (1912–1985)
• Yousaf Raza Gillanib. 1952PKnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012
• Yusuf Dikeçb. 1973TRTurkish sport shooter (born 1973)
• Yousef Sweidb. 1976ILnot in their usual nameArab-Israeli actor of Palestinian descent
• Yusuf Yazıcıb. 1997TRTurkish association football player (born 1997)
• YusufEGprophet 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 · 896 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yusuf?

We estimate roughly 2.5 million people bear Yusuf (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Yusuf have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.6 million people bear Yusuf in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled yusuf.

How common is Yusuf compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Yusuf is the 15th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Yusuf a male or female name?

Yusuf 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 Yusuf mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Arabic male personal name Yusuf, the prophet Joseph.