Yousuf is an Arabic and Urdu spelling of Yusuf, the Quranic form of Joseph, from the Hebrew Yosef, "he will add" or "God increases". The story of the prophet Yusuf, sold by his brothers and raised to power in Egypt, is told in its own chapter of the Quran, which keeps the name among the most beloved in the Muslim world. Yousuf has moved between number 1699 and number 2058 since 2015, peaking in 2022, and ranks 1824 in 2025.