Yusuf
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| Yusuf | |
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| Pronunciation | [ˈjuːsuf, ˈjuːsif] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsef] |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Yus |
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Yusuf (also transliterated as Jusuf, Yousof, Yossef, Yousaf, Youcef, Yousef, Youssef, Yousif, Youssif, Youssouf, Yousuf, Yusef, Yuseff, Usef, Yusof, or Yussef, Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic name, meaning "Allah increases in piety, power and influence".[1] It is the Arabic equivalent of both the Hebrew name Yossef and the English name Joseph.
In Islam, the most famous "Yusuf" is the prophet Yusuf in the Quran.
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Given name
Jusuf
- Jusuf Dajić, Bosnian footballer
- Jusuf Hatunić, Bosnian footballer
- Jusuf Kalla, current Vice President of Indonesia
- Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player
Yossef
- Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
- Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Arab weightlifter
Youcef
- Youcef Abdi, Australian athlete
- Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer
- Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs
- Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer
Yousif
- Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
- Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer
Youssef
- Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
- Youssef Bey Karam (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader
Youssif
- Youssif (burn victim), Iraqi torture victim
Youssof
- Youssof Kohzad, Afghan American writer and artist
Youssouf
- Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
- Youssouf Hadji (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
- Youssouf Hersi (born 1982), Dutch soccer player
Yousuf
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000), Muslim scholar
Yusof
- Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore
Yussef
- Yussef al-Shihri, (1985–2009), Former extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay
Yusuf
- Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph, Almohad caliph
- Yusuf Abdullah, South African cricketer
- Yusuf Ali Kenadid, Somali Sultan
- Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
- Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka
- Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
- Yusuf Dikeç (born 1983), Turkish sport shooter
- Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
- Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist
- Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born1949), Turkish historian and politician
- Yusuf Halil (born 1991), Turkish ice hockey player
- Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
- Yusuf Islam, British musician known as Cat Stevens
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, king of the Berber Almoravid empire
- Yusuf Kars (born 1998), Turkish ice hockey player
- Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Ma Dexin, Chinese Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Nabi, Turkish writer
- Yusuf Öztürk (footballer), Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Öztürk (boxer), Turkish boxer
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
- Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- Yusuf Yazici, Turkish scientist
- Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
- Yusuf Khatri, Great craftsman.
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Surname
Giousouf
- Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity
Yousef
- Ramzi Yousef (born 1967), Kuwaiti terrorist
- Rasmea Yousef, terrorist now charged with immigration fraud
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
- Alexander Yusuf, Somali-British architect
- Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, Somali politician
- Hamza Yusuf, Islamic scholar
- Isa Yusuf Alptekin, Uyghur politician
- Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali scholar
- Sami Yusuf, British singer-songwriter
Yussuf
- Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor
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