Yūsuf
يُوسُف
Say it YOO-suf
Name of the Prophet Yūsuf (peace be upon him)
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Not Arabic in origin
- In English
- Joseph
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 6:84, 12:4, 40:34 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Yusuf, Yousef, Yousuf, Yusef
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Al-Suyūṭī says the correct view is that it is non-Arabic and has no derivation, so we give no meaning.
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وَالصَّوَابُ أَنَّهُ أَعْجَمِيٌّ لَا اشْتِقَاقَ لَهُ
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Yūsuf (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 6:84