Fun Facts About the Name Yusof
- 11 babies named Yusof: U.S. records list 11 babies given the name Yusof from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yusof Mean?
Yusof is a form of the Arabic name Yūsuf (يوسف), which comes from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). The Hebrew name is built on the root y-s-p, "to add," in a form that means "he will add." In the book of Genesis, Rachel names her son Yosef with the words "May the LORD add to me another son," so the name's sense is usually given as "he will add," with God understood as the one who does the adding. Because no subject is stated in the name itself, reference works often paraphrase the meaning as "God will increase" or "may God add." The same Genesis passage also plays on the similar-sounding verb asaf, "to take away," when Rachel says that God has taken away her disgrace.
Yusof Name History & Origins
The Hebrew Yosef passed into Greek as Iōsēph (Ἰωσήφ) in the Septuagint and the New Testament, and from Greek into Latin as Iosephus and Joseph. Arabic took the name as Yūsuf, the form used in the Quran, where the twelfth surah is named for Joseph and retells his story. From Arabic the name traveled with Islam into Persian, Turkish, and the Malay-speaking world.
Yusof is one of several transliterations of this same name rather than a separate one. The spelling matches the Persian pronunciation Yūsof, and it is also a common rendering in Malay and Indonesian, where Yusof, Yusuf, and Yosof all appear. In English-language use, Yusof is the spelling most often seen in Malaysian and Singaporean names, while Yusuf follows Arabic transliteration more closely and Yosef or Joseph represent the Hebrew and European lines of the same name.
Because the name is Quranic, it is widespread among Muslims in many countries. The Malaysian and Singaporean spelling appears in the name of Yusof Ishak, the first president of Singapore.
How Popular is the Name Yusof?
Yusof has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #12,244 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #14,174 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,244 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yusof Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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