Yusuf

Where Yusuf comes from

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf). Doublet of Joseph.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yusuf
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,690 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1952
    Yusuf Raza Gilani born
    Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012
  3. 1997
    Yusuf Yazıcı born
    Turkish association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #449
    698 babies named Yusuf — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, of Muslim usage.
Namesakes
  • Yusuf Raza Gilani · Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012, born 1952
  • Yusuf Yazıcı · Turkish association football player, born 1997
  • Yusuf Demir · Turkish-Austrian association football player, born 2003
  • Yusuf Khass Hajib · Turkic poet, 1019–1077
  • Yusuf Dikeç · Turkish sport shooter, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.