Yossi is the Hebrew pet form of Yosef, the name of the biblical Joseph, and means "he will add" or "God increases". In Israel it is an everyday nickname that is often used as a given name in its own right, and in the United States it is found mostly in Orthodox Jewish communities. Yossi has risen from number 10326 in 2000 to number 2388 in 2025, its highest US rank.