Jusuf
Yusuf is a prophet and messenger of God mentioned in the Qur'an and corresponds to Joseph, a person from the Hebrew and Christian Bible who was said to have lived in Egypt before the New Kingdom. Amongst Jacob's children, Yusuf reportedly had the gift of prophecy through dreams.
- Bosnian
- Indonesian
Meaning & Origin of Jusuf
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yusuf is a prophet and messenger of God mentioned in the Qur'an and corresponds to Joseph, a person from the Hebrew and Christian Bible who was said to have lived in Egypt before the New Kingdom. Amongst Jacob's children, Yusuf reportedly had the gift of prophecy through dreams.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bosnian
- Indonesian
The Story of Jusuf
Jusuf first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2004, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 7 births, good for #9,864 nationwide. About 53% of every Jusuf on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Jusuf last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jusuf
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jusuf. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yusuf
- Yusup
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About the name Jusuf
Jusuf is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 60 births in the dataset. Jusuf's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #9,864. Use the chart and map above to compare Jusuf's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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