Youcef Forename

5,336th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 196,201 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Youcef Forename User-submission:

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف‎ Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning 'God increases' (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew. Its widely used by Persians and Arabs.

Pronunciation:

Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf], Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf].

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Youcef Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria
100%
188,5591:20232
France
100%
3,7301:17,820855
Morocco
100%
1,1191:30,6961,600
Saudi Arabia-9911:31,0923,837
Spain
100%
4571:101,8162,913
Canada
100%
2551:129,9355,923
England
96%
 
2161:257,4216,908
Belgium
100%
1371:83,8693,161
Egypt
100%
1301:706,93015,746
United States
100%
1241:2,923,68543,104
Qatar
100%
921:25,7573,566
United Arab Emirates-471:152,17010,303
Switzerland
100%
451:182,5224,432
Germany
100%
411:2,357,99712,782
Tunisia-331:20,5121,526
Sweden
100%
331:298,7249,079
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Thailand
100%
131:5,389,67896,686
Italy
100%
131:4,697,08422,664
Malaysia
100%
131:2,342,30365,302
Brazil
100%
111:19,476,014191,600
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
Russia
100%
81:18,029,21355,117
Norway
100%
81:641,54110,538
Scotland
100%
81:668,7967,564
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Oman-51:821,7336,168
Mauritania
100%
51:819,04812,822
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Monaco-41:9,6161,312
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Poland
100%
41:9,506,7785,827
Czechia
100%
41:2,664,0405,608
Lebanon-31:1,875,85711,580
Niger
100%
31:6,394,66547,369
Netherlands
100%
31:5,634,02829,480
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Finland
67%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866

The alternate forms: Youcèf (4) & Youcéf (3) are calculated separately.

Youcef (11,200) may also be a surname.

Youcef Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف‎ Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning 'God increases' (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew. Its widely used by Persians and Arabs.

Pronunciation:

Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf], Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf].

It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. Yesuf is a cognate Ethiopian name, derived from the Hebrew and Arabic origin.

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Youcef Forename Popularity

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Youcef