Yusuf (also transliterated as Jusuf, Yossef, Yousaf, Youcef, Yousef, Youssef, Yousif, Youssif, Youssouf, Yousuf, Yusef, Yuseff, Yusof, or Yussef, Arabic: يوسف, Yūsuf) is a male Arabic name, meaning "God increases in piety, power and influence", and is the Arabic equivalent of the English name Joseph.
The name is given to Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Middle East and in Arabic speaking countries.
In Islam, the most famous "Yusuf" is the prophet Yusuf in the Quran.
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- Youssif (burn victim), Iraqi torture victim
- Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph, Almohad caliph
- Youcef Abdi, Australian athlete
- Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
- Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
- Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cote d'Ivoire
- Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer
- Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
- Jusuf Dajić, Bosnian footballer
- Yusuf Ma Dexin, Chinese Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
- Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer
- Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
- Yossef Gutfreund (1932-1972), Israeli wrestling judge
- Youssouf Hadji (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
- Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
- Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer
- Jusuf Hatunić, Bosnian footballer
- Youssouf Hersi (born 1982), Dutch soccer player
- Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), first President of Singapore
- Yusuf Islam, British musician known as Cat Stevens
- Youssef Karam (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader
- Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
- Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932-2000), Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Nabi, Turkish writer
- Yusuf Öztürk, Turkish boxer
- Yusuf Öztürk, Turkish footballer
- Yossef Romano (1940-1972), Arab weightlifter
- Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
- Yussef al-Shihri, Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, king of the Berber Almoravid empire
- Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer
- Yusuf Yazici, Turkish scientist
- Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
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