Yousif
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God will increase; form of Joseph.
Yousif by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Yousif. In the US, 86 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 110 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Yousif, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
- Giuseppegod will increase; Italian form of Joseph109 in the US (2017)
- Josephinagod shall increase; feminine form of Joseph102 in the US (2017)
- Josefinagod will increase; feminine form of Joseph81 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yousif. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yousufgod increases; a form of Yusuf or Joseph73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yousafhandsome; good-looking30 in England and Wales (2025)
- YusifGod increases; Arabic form of Joseph7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yousofgod increases; a form of joseph8 in the US (2017)
- Youssifgod will increase; a form of Yusuf5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Yousif
Names that are said the same way as Yousif, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- YosephGod will increase; variant of Joseph29 in the US (2017)
- Youssoufgod increases; a form of Joseph11 in the US (2017)
- Youcefhe shall increase; form of Youssef7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosifgod will increase; a form of Joseph3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Yousif, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Yousif
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