Yusuf

Yusuf
Pronunciation Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf]
Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf]
Gender Male
Language(s) Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Arabic
Origin
Language(s) Hebrew
Other names
Short form(s) Yus
Cognate(s) Joseph

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف‎ Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Aramaic name, meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew.[1]

It is also transliterated in various other ways including Jusuf, Usef, Yossef, Youcef, Yousaf, Yousef, Yousif, Yousof, Youssef, Youssif, Youssof, Youssouf, Youssuf, Yousuf, 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

Jusuf

basketball player

Yousef

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

Yousif

Youssef

  • Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
  • Youssef El Allaoui (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader

Youssif

Youssof

Youssouf

Yousuf

Yusof

  • Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore

Yussef

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

Yusuf

Surname

Giousouf

Yousef

Youssef

Yusof

Yusuf

Yussuf

  • Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor

See also

References

  1. ↑ From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add".
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