Yusuf (name)

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Yusuf (زيد) also transliterated as Jusuf is an Masculine Arabic name, meaning "The Lord increases.", and is the Arabic form of the name "Joseph". In Islam, the most famous "Yusuf" is the prophet Joseph.

People named so include:

• Yusuf
• Yusuf Salman Yusuf
• Yusuf Balasagun
• Yusuf Hamied
• Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph
• Yusuf Dadoo

People with the Patronymic "Zayd" include:

• Sami Yusuf
• Hamza Yusuf
• Abdullah Yusuf Ali
• Ilona Yusuf

[edit] See also

• Arabic name
• List of Arabic names