Gender Masculine
Scripts يوسف(Arabic, Pashto) Юсуф(Tajik, Uzbek) ইউসুফ(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈjuː.suf/(Arabic) /ju.ˈsuf/(Turkish, Tajik Persian) /ˈiu̯.suf/(Bengali)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Arabic form of Yosef (see Joseph) appearing in the Quran. This is also the form used in several other languages.

Related Names

Rootyasaf
VariantsYousef, Youssef, Yusef(Arabic) Youcef(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Jusuf(Indonesian)
Other Languages & CulturesJozef, Zef(Albanian) Hovsep(Armenian) Yusif(Azerbaijani) Joseba(Basque) Joseph, Joses(Biblical) Ioseph, Ioses(Biblical Greek) Yosef(Biblical Hebrew) Ioseph(Biblical Latin) Jusuf(Bosnian) Yosif(Bulgarian) Josep(Catalan) Ghjaseppu(Corsican) Josip, Joško, Joso, Jozo(Croatian) Josef(Czech) Josef(Danish) Jozef, Jef, Joep, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Josephus, Sjef(Dutch) Joseph, Jo, Jody, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Josey(English) Jozefo, Joĉjo(Esperanto) Joosep(Estonian) Jósef(Faroese) Jose(Filipino) Jooseppi, Juuso(Finnish) Joseph, José(French) Xosé(Galician) Ioseb, Soso(Georgian) Josef, Jo, Joschka, Joseph, Jupp, Sepp, Seppel(German) Iosif(Greek) Yosef(Hebrew) Josephus(History) József, Jóska, Józsi(Hungarian) Jósef(Icelandic) Seosamh(Irish) Giuseppe, Beppe, Giusi, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pino, Pippo(Italian) Iosephus(Late Roman) Jāzeps(Latvian) Juozapas, Juozas(Lithuanian) Josif(Macedonian) Yusof(Malay) Hohepa(Maori) Josef(Norwegian) Josèp(Occitan) Yousef, Yusef(Persian) Józef(Polish) José, , Zezé(Portuguese) Iosif(Romanian) Iosif, Osip(Russian) Seòsaidh(Scottish Gaelic) Josif(Serbian) Jozef(Slovak) Josip, Jožef, Jože(Slovene) Yuusuf(Somali) Jose, José, Josepe, Pepe, Pepito(Spanish) Josef(Swedish) Yosif(Tatar) Ýusup(Turkmen) Yosyp(Ukrainian) Yousaf(Urdu) Yusup(Uyghur) Issouf, Issoufou(Western African) Yossel(Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsYusupov, Yusupova(Tajik) Yusupov, Yusupova(Uzbek)

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Entry updated December 1, 2024