# Yusuf

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf) is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence). It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.
It is also transliterated in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, Yoosuf and Yusef.

## Given name
### Yousaf

* Yousaf Ali Khan, British film director
* Yousaf Aziz Magsi (1908–1935), Baloch leader from the present-day Balochistan province of Pakistan
* Yousaf Borahil Al-Msmare (ca. 1866–1931), Libyan Muslim resistance leader fighting against Italian colonization

### Yossef

* Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
* Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre

### Youcef

* Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian athlete
* Youcef Belaïli (born 1992), Algerian footballer
* Youcef Bouzidi (1957–2024), Algerian football manager
* Youcef Ghazali (born 1988), Algerian footballer
* Youcef Nadarkhani (born 1977), Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs
* Youcef Touati (1989–2017), Algerian footballer

### Yousef

* Yousef El Nasri (born 1979), Spanish long distance runner
* Yousef Bashir (born 1989), Palestinian-American author and peace activist
* Yousef Beidas (1912–1968), Palestinian Lebanese banker
* Yousef Erakat (born 1990), Palestinian-American YouTube personality
* Yousef Saanei (1937–2020), Iranian cleric and politician
* Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshra (born 1979), Syrian footballer

### Yousif

* Yousif Ghafari (born 1952), American businessman
* Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer

### Youssef

* Youssef Abdelke (born 1951), Syrian artist
* Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
* Youssef Bey Karam (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader
* Youssef Chahine (1926–2008), Egyptian film director
* Youssef Hesham (born 1985), Egyptian citizen
* Youssef Hossam (born 1998), Egyptian tennis player
* Youssef Hussein (born 1988), Egyptian comedian
* Youssef Ibrahim (born 1999), Egyptian squash player
* Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer
* Youssef Nada (1931–2024), Egyptian businessman and financial strategist

### Youssif

* Youssif (burn victim) (born 2001), Iraqi torture victim

### Youssof

* Youssof Kohzad (1935-2019), Afghan American writer and artist

### Yusef

* Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)
* Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer
* Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–1865) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
* Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer
* Yusef Hawkins (also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–1989), American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City attacked by a racist mob
* Yusef Khan, fictional character in the British television soap opera EastEnders
* Yusef Khan-e Gorji (died 1824), Iranian military leader
* Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941), American poet
* Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American jazz musician
* Yusef Majidzadeh (born 1938), Iranian archaeologist
* Yusef Mishleb (also known as Yosef Mishlev, born 1952), Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces
* Yusef Sozi (born 1981), Ugandan-British rugby league footballer
* Yusef Urabi (died 1966), Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah

### Yusof

* Pengiran Anak Mohammad Yusof (1948–2004), Brunei royalty and politician
* Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore
* Yusof Abu Bakar, Bruneian military officer and diplomat
* Yusof Husain (1906–1975), Bruneian civil servant

### Yusoff

* Yusoff Abdul Hamid (born 1949), Bruneian politician and diplomat

### Yussef

* Yussef al-Shihri (1985–2009), Saudi Arabian extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay

### Yussuf

* Yussuf Poulsen (born 1994), Danish footballer

### Yoosuf

* Yoosuf Shafeeu (born 1975), Maldivian film actor, editor, writer, and director

### Yusuf

* Yusuf ibn Muhammad (1124-1170), known as Al-Mustanjid, the caliph of Baghdad 1160–1170
* Yusuf Abdul Rahim (1923–2016), Brunei writer and politician
* Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier
* Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (1318–1354), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
* Yusuf II, Almohad ruler (c. 1203–1224), the ruler of Morocco
* Yusuf Abdulla (born 1983), South African cricketer
* Yusuf bin Salih al-Ayiri (1973–2003), Saudi Islamic scholar and writer
* Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Mustanjid (died 1479), the caliph for the Mamluk Sultanate (1455–1479)
* Yusuf al-Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, military officer in the Ottoman Empire
* Yusuf Ali (disambiguation), several people
* Yūsuf Balasaguni (1019-1077), Uyghur scribe
* Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka
* Yusuf Bey (1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist
* Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
* Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (born 1945), Omani politician
* Yusuf Corker (born 1998), American football player
* Yusuf Dadoo (1909-1983), South African communist activist
* Yusuf Dikeç (born 1973), Turkish sport shooter
* Yusuf Ekinci (1942-1994), Turkish lawyer
* Yusuf Garaad Omar (born 1960), Somali journalist
* Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician
* Yusuf Hamied (born 1936), Indian billionaire
* Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia
* Yusuf Islam (born 1948), British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens
* Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c.1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire
* Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), Turkish wrestler
* Yusuf Karamanli (1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya)
* Yusuf Khatri (born 1967), Indian master craftsman
* Yusuf Kurtuluş (born 1986), Turkish footballer
* Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794-1874), Chinese Muslim scholar
* Yusuf Mersin (born 1994), Turkish footballer
* Yusuf Nabi (1642-1712), Turkish writer
* Yusuf Öztürk (footballer) (born 1979), Turkish footballer
* Yusuf Öztürk (boxer) (born 1997), Turkish boxer
* Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926–2022), Egyptian-born Qatarian Islamic scholar and theologian
* Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer
* Yusuf Salman Yusuf (1901-1949), Iraqi communist activist
* Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist
* Yusuf Şimşek (born 1975), Turkish footballer
* Yusuf Taktak (born 1951), Turkish artist
* Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish paralympic goalball player
* Yusuf Yasin (1888−1962), Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician
* Yusuf Yazıcı (born 1997), Turkish footballer
* Yusuf Yilmaz (born 1991), Turkish footballer
* Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (also known as Ümit Yaşar Toprak, c. 1967–2014), Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front
* Yusuf Khattak (1917-1991), Pakistani statesman and federal minister

### Yusif

* Yusif Sayigh (1916–2004), Palestinian economist and politician

### Jusuf

* Jusuf Nurkić (born 1994), Bosnian basketball player
* Jusuf Kalla (born 1942), 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia

## Surname
### Giousouf

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

### Yousaf

* Bilal Yousaf (born 1928), Persian writer
* Humza Yousaf (born 1985), former First Minister of Scotland
* Jam Mohammad Yousaf (1954–2013), the 12th Jam of Lasbela, former Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan
* Kyle Yousaf (born 1993), British boxer
* Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf, American musicians performing as Krewella

### Yousef

* Abd-El-Aziz Yousef (born 1999), Somali footballer
* Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer
* Hediya Yousef (born 1973), Syrian-Kurdish politician
* Mosab Hassan Yousef (nicknamed "The Green Prince"; born 1978), Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's Shin Bet
* Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Pakistani terrorist who organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing
* Rasmea Yousef (born 1948), Jordanian associate director of the Arab American Action Network and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine convicted by Israeli military courts for involvement in the 1969 Jerusalem supermarket bombing

### Youssef

* Bassem Youssef (born 1974), Egyptian writer and comedian
* Dhafer Youssef (born 1967), Tunisian singer and oud player
* Maimouna Youssef (stage name: Mumu Fresh), American singer and rapper
* Maya Youssef (born 1984), Syrian musician
* Mohamed Youssef (born 1986), Libyan basketball player
* Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar (also known as Abu Youssef, 1930–1973), Palestinian militant
* Ramy Youssef (born 1980), Egyptian handball player
* Ramy Youssef (born 1991), American actor of Egyptian origin
* Michael Youssef (born 1948), Arab-American clergyman

### Yousuf

* Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer

### Yusef

* Anatol Yusef (born 1978), British actor
* Malik Yusef (born 1971), American performing poet and rapper
* Mohammad Yusef the Painter, Persian Safavid dynasty artist
* Molla Yusef (disambiguation), several people

### Yusof

* Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Malaysian Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
* Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967), Malaysian folk singer-songwriter
* Mohammad Said Yusof (1959-2023), member of the Malaysian Parliament

### Yusuf

* Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953), South Asian Islamic scholar
* Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934-2012), former President of Somalia
* Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1135–1184), second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh
* Ali Yusuf Kenadid (died 1927), Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
* Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912-1984), Somali politician
* Hamza Yusuf (born 1958), American Islamic scholar
* Hanna Yusuf (1992–2019), Somali-British journalist and broadcaster
* Isa Yusuf Alptekin (1901-1995), Uyghur politician
* Mohamed Ali Yusuf (1944–2024), Somali politician and statesman
* Mohammad Yusuf (politician) (1917–1998), prime minister of Afghanistan
* Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram) (also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, 1970–2009), Nigerian Muslim sect founder and leader
* Osman Yusuf Kenadid (1889-1972), Somali scholar
* Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter
* Maria Yusuf, Ethiopian activist