Yusuf
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Persian, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Joseph |
Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew.[1] Its widely used by Arabs, Indonesians and Muslims.
It is also transliterated in various other ways including Jusuf, Yosef, Yossef, Youcef, Yousaf, Yousef, Yousif, Yousof, Youssef, Youssif, Youssof, Youssouf, Youssuf, Yousuf, Yusaf, Yusef, Yuseff, Yusof, Yussef or Yusuph.
It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph.
Yesuf is a cognate Ethiopian name, derived from the Hebrew and Arabic origin.
Given name
Yosef
- Yosef Ben-Jochannan (1918–2015), American historian
- Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi in Iran (1994–2007)
Yossef
- Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
- Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre
Youcef
- Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian athlete
- Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs
- Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer
Yousef
- Yousef El Nasri (born 1979) Spanish long distance runner
- Yousef Beidas (1912–68), Palestinian Lebanese banker
- Yousef Erakat, Palestinian YouTube Personality
- Yousef Saanei (born 1937), Iranian cleric and politician
- Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh, Syrian footballer
Yousef Mashal
Yousif
- Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
- Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer
Youssef
- Youssef Abdelke, Syrian artist
- Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
- Youssef Bey Karam (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader
- Youssef Chahine (1926–2008), Egyptian film director
- Youssef Hossam (born 1998), Egyptian tennis player
- Youssef Ibrahim (born 1999), Egyptian squash player
- Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer
Youssif
- Youssif (burn victim), Iraqi torture victim
Youssof
- Youssof Kohzad, Afghan American writer and artist
Youssouf
- Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast
- Youssouf Hadji (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
- Youssouf Hersi (born 1982), Dutch soccer player
- Youssouf Mulumbu (born 1987), Congolese footballer
Yousuf
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000), Muslim scholar
- Yousuf Youhanna (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
Yusef
- Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)
- Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur (born 1989), wrestler from Spanish Morocco and Brazilian jiu jitsu champion
- Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer
- Yusef al-Ayeri (1973–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist, first leader Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
- Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–65) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer
- Yusef Hawkins (also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–89), American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City attacked by a racist mob
- Yusef Khan, fictional character in the British television soap opera EastEnders
- Yusef Khan-e Gorji (died 1824), Iranian military leader
- Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941), American poet
- Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American jazz musician
- Yusef Majidzadeh (born 1938), Iranian archaeologist
- Yusef Mishleb (also known as Yosef Mishlev, born 1952), retired Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces
- Yusef Sozi (born 1981), Ugandan-British rugby league footballer
- Yusef Urabi (died 1966), Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah
Yusof
- Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore
Yussef
- Yussef al-Shihri (1985–2009), Saudi Arabian former extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay
Yussuf
- Yussuf Poulsen (born 1994), Danish footballer
Yusuf
- Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (1318–54), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
- Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph (c. 1203–1224), Caliph of Morocco
- Yusuf Abdullah, South African cricketer
- Yusuf al-'Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, former military officer in the Ottoman Empire
- Yusuf Ali Kenadid, Somali Sultan
- Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
- Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka
- Yusuf Bey (1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist
- Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
- Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (born 1945), Omani politician
- Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
- Yusuf Dikeç (born 1983), Turkish sport shooter
- Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
- Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist
- Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician
- Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
- Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia
- Yusuf Islam, British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c.1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire
- Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), Turkish wrestler
- Yusuf Karamanli (1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya)
- Yusuf Khatri, Indian master craftsman
- Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Ma Dexin, Chinese Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Mersin, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Nabi, Turkish writer
- Yusuf Öztürk (footballer), Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Öztürk (boxer), Turkish boxer
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi (born 1926), Egyptian Islamic theologian, (former) leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
- Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- [[Yusuf Yazıcı, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
- Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (also known as, Ümit Yaşar Toprak, c. 1967–2014), Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front
Abdul-kareem Yusuf Opeyemi (also Known as irreducible eminent, born Dec 17 1999, from Nigeria)
Surname
Giousouf
- Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity
Yousaf
- Humza Yousaf (born 1985), Scottish politician
Yousef
- Abd-El-Aziz Yousef (born 1999), Somali footballer
- Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer
- Hediya Yousef, Syrian-Kurdish politician
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian spy working for Israel
- Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Kuwaiti terrorist, who organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing
- Rasmea Yousef, associate director of the Arab American Action Network
Youssef
- Bassem Youssef (born 1974), Egyptian writer and comedian
- Dhafer Youssef (born 1967), Tunisian singer and oud player
- Maimouna Youssef (stage name: Mumu Fresh), American singer and rapper
- Maya Youssef, Syrian musician
- Mohamed Youssef (born 1986), Libyan basketball player
- Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar (also known as Abu Youssef, 1930–1973), Palestinian militant
- Ramy Youssef (born 1980), Egyptian handball player
- Ramy Youssef (born 1991), American actor of Egyptian origin
- Michael Youssef, (born 1948), Arab-American clergy man
Yusef
- Anatol Yusef (born 1978), British actor
- Malik Yusef (born 1971), American performing poet and rapper
- Mohammad Yusef the Painter, Persian Safavid dynasty artist
- Molla Yusef (disambiguation)
Yusof
- Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
- Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967), independent folk singer-songwriter
- Mohammad Said bin Yusof, member of the Malaysian Parliament
Yusuf
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali, South Asian Islamic scholar
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia
- Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1135–1184), second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh
- Alexander Yusuf, Somali-British architect
- Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, Somali politician
- Hamza Yusuf (born 1958), American Islamic scholar
- Hanna Yusuf (1992–2019), Somali-British journalist and broadcaster
- Isa Yusuf Alptekin, Uyghur politician
- Mohammad Yusuf (politician) (1917–98), prime minister of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram) (also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, 1970–2009), Nigerian Muslin sect founder and leader
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali scholar
- Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter
Yussuf
- Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor
Yusuff
Yussuff
See also
- Joseph (given name)
- Joseph in Islam
- Hajj Yusef (disambiguation) – places
- Hajji Yusef (disambiguation) – places
- Yusuf Ali (disambiguation)
- Arabic name
- Turkish name
- All pages with titles beginning with Jusuf
- All pages with titles beginning with Yosef
- All pages with titles beginning with Yossef
- All pages with titles beginning with Youcef
- All pages with titles beginning with Yous
- All pages with titles beginning with Yusaf
- All pages with titles beginning with Yusef
- All pages with titles beginning with Yusif
- All pages with titles beginning with Yusof
- All pages with titles beginning with Yuss
- All pages with titles beginning with Yusuf
References
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