Origin: Hebrew
variant of Joseph
Meaning: “the Lord increases”
Variations, Nicknames and Sound Alikes:
Yosef, Yoseff, Yusef and Yusuff, Yusey
Phrases you might say or hear someday:
Watch where you’re going, Yusuf.
Yusef needs money for the movies.
Doesn’t Yosef look handsome in a tux?
Famous people named Yusuf or its variations
1. Yusuf Islam a.k.a. Cat Stevens, singer, songwriter,
musician, Born: Steven Demetre Georgiou
2. Yosef Garfinkel (b. 1956), professor of Prehistoric
Archaeology, Univ. of Jerusalem
3. Yusef Komunyakaa (b. 1947), American poet
born: James Willie Brown
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