Yusef
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning god increases; a form of Joseph.
Yusef by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Yusef. In the US, 58 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 88 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Yusef, 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)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yusef. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yusufgod increases; hebrew form joseph798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- YusifGod increases; Arabic form of Joseph7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yussefgod increases; a form of Joseph11 in the US (2017)
- Yusafgod will increase; a form of Yusuf or Joseph3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Yusef
Names that are said the same way as Yusef, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Yussufgod increases; a form of Yusuf16 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Yusef, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Yusef
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