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Yusuf - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Yusuf
 
 

 



[ syll. yu-suf, yus-uf ] The boy name Yusuf is pronounced as YUWSAHF KEY. Yusuf is used mostly in Arabic and it is of Hebrew origin. Yusuf is a variation of the English, French, and German name Joseph.

Yusuf is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.013% of baby boys were named Yusuf. It ranked at #782 then. In 2007, out of the group of boy names directly related to Yusuf, the English, French, and German Joseph was the most commonly used. It was used 62 times more than Yusuf in that year.

Baby names that sound like Yusuf include the Arabic name Youssef and the Spanish name Jacobo.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Yusuf: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"


A famous person named Yusuf is Yusuf Islam, Singer, born Stephen Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948, London, England.

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