Yusuf
Yusuf is a boy name of Arabic / Hebrew origin, meaning God increases.
What Yusuf means
God increases.
Yusuf sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Yusuf comes from
Arabic / Hebrew is a blended origin: the name is claimed by more than one tradition, which usually means it travelled, or that two similar-sounding names converged. Arabic names are built from three-consonant roots, so related names share an audible family resemblance and a related field of meaning. Many describe qualities the parents hope for.
Yusuf is recorded as Arabic / Hebrew in origin. Browse other Arabic / Hebrew names.
How popular is Yusuf?
Yusuf sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Yusuf
Two ideas meet in Yusuf: scripture and the Arabic tradition. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Yusuf
These share Yusuf's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Asher — Happy, blessed, fortunate.
- Benjamin — Son of the right hand.
- Caleb — Whole-hearted; faithful.
- Daniel — God is my judge.
- David — Beloved.
- Dominic — Belonging to the Lord.
- Elias — Yahweh is my God.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.
- Eoin — God is gracious.
- Ethan — Strong, firm, enduring.
- Ezra — Help, helper.
- Gabriel — God is my strength.