Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf) is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).^[1] It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.

It is also transliterated in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, Yoosuf and Yusef.

Given name

Yousaf

• Yousaf Ali Khan, British film director
• Yousaf Aziz Magsi (1908–1935), Baloch leader from the present-day Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Yousaf Borahil Al-Msmare (ca. 1866–1931), Libyan Muslim resistance leader fighting against Italian colonization

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 Bashir (born 1989), Palestinian-American author and peace activist
• Yousef Beidas (1912–1968), Palestinian Lebanese banker
• Yousef Erakat, Palestinian-American YouTube personality
• Yousef Saanei (born 1937), Iranian cleric and politician
• Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshra, Syrian footballer

Yousif

• Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
• Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer

Youssef

• Youssef Abdelke (born 1951), 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 Hussein (born 1988), Egyptian comedian
• Youssef Ibrahim (born 1999), Egyptian squash player
• Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer
• Youssef Hesham (born 2006), Egyptian citizen

Youssif

• Youssif (burn victim) (born 2001), 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

Yusef

• Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)
• Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer
• Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–1865) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesyh, India)
• Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer
• Yusef Hawkins (also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–1989), 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), 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
• Yusof Mohamed Alam (1948–2004), Brunei royalty and politician
• Yusof Abu Bakar, Brunei military officer and diplomat

Yusoff

• Yusoff Abdul Hamid (born 1949), Bruneian politician and diplomat

Yussef

• Yussef al-Shihri (1985–2009), Saudi Arabian extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay

Yussuf

• Yussuf Poulsen (born 1994), Danish footballer

Yoosuf

• Yoosuf Shafeeu (born 1975), Maldivian film actor, editor, writer, and director

Yusuf

• Yusuf ibn Muhammad, known as Al-Mustanjid, the caliph of Baghdad 1160–1170
• Yusuf Abdul Rahim (1923–2016), Brunei writer and politician
• Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier
• 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 ruler (c. 1203–1224), the ruler of Morocco
• Yusuf Abdulla, South African cricketer
• Yusuf bin Salih al-Ayiri (1973–2003), Saudi Islamic scholar and writer
• Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Mustanjid, the caliph for the Mamluk Sultanate (1455–1479)
• Yusuf al-Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, military officer in the Ottoman Empire
• Yusuf Ali (disambiguation), several people
• Yūsuf Balasaguni, 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 Corker (born 1998), American football player
• 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 (1926–2022), Egyptian-born Qatarian Islamic scholar and theologian
• Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer
• Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
• Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist
• Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Taktak (born 1951), Turkish artists
• Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish paralympic goalball player
• Yusuf Yasin (1888−1962), Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician
• 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

Yusif

• Yusif Sayigh (1916–2004), Palestinian economist and politician

Jusuf

• Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player
• Jusuf Kalla, 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia

Surname

Giousouf

• Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity

Yousaf

• Bilal Yousaf (born 1928), Persian writer
• Humza Yousaf (born 1985), current First Minister of Scotland
• Jam Mohammad Yousaf (1954–2013), the 12th Jam of Lasbela, former Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Kyle Yousaf (born 1993), British boxer
• Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf, American musicians performing as Krewella

Yousef

• Abd-El-Aziz Yousef (born 1999), Somali footballer
• Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer
• Hediya Yousef, Syrian-Kurdish politician
• Mosab Hassan Yousef (nicknamed "The Green Prince"; born 1978), Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's Shin Bet
• Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Pakistani terrorist who organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing
• Rasmea Yousef, Jordanian associate director of the Arab American Action Network and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine convicted by Israeli military courts for involvement in the 1969 Jerusalem supermarket bombing

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 clergyman

Yousuf

• Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer

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), several people

Yusof

• Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Malaysian Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
• Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967), Malaysian folk singer-songwriter
• Mohammad Said 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
• 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) (1917–1998), prime minister of Afghanistan
• Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram) (also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, 1970–2009), Nigerian Muslim sect founder and leader
• Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali scholar
• Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter
• Maria Yusuf, Ethiopian activist

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