Yusuf

Yusuf (also transliterated as Jusuf, Yousof, Yossef, Yousaf, Youcef, Yousef, Youssef, Yousif, Youssif, Youssof, Youssouf, Yousuf, Yusef, Yuseff, Usef, Yusof, or Yussef, Arabic: يوسف‎‎ Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic name, meaning "God increases in piety, power and influence" in Hebrew.^[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.

Given name

Yocef

• Yocef, Arabic Names

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), Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano, Hebrew: יוסף רומנו) was a Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter with the Israeli team that went to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He was the second of eleven Israeli team members killed in the Munich Massacre during that Olympics.^[2]

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 el allaoui (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

Mian Yousuf Bhai Sukhera Choki PPF. (1955-)

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 (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician
• Yusuf Halil (born 1991), Turkish ice hockey player
• Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
• Yusuf Islam, British musician, formerly 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 Mersin, Turkish footballer
• 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 Yazıcı, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Yazici (doctor), Turkish scientist
• Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Khatri, Great craftsman.
• Yusuf Helo, Syrian scientist
• Yusuf Isa-Yusuf, Nigerian Engineer destined for greatness.

• Yusuf Musli, Pro superhero

Surname

Giousouf

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

Yousef

• Hediya Yousef, Syrian-Kurdish politician
• Ramzi Yousef (born 1967), Kuwaiti terrorist
• Rasmea Yousef, associate director of the Arab American Action Network
• Yousef from east. AKA 'Afghan Fiddler'

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

See also

• Joseph (given name)
• Yusuf Ali (disambiguation)
• Arabic name
• Turkish name

References

1. ↑ From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add".
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossef_Romano