{"id":45,"date":"2026-11-10T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/blog\/yusuf-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:13","slug":"yusuf-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/blog\/yusuf-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Yusuf: the prophet’s name and its Turkish rank, 2018\u20132025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yusuf was first on T\u00dc\u0130K’s national top-30 list for boys from 2018 to 2021, and it stayed in the list through 2025. The name is that of the prophet Joseph in Islam. This guide sets out what our database records, which languages we list it in, and how its rank changed.<\/p>\n

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What the name means<\/h2>\n

Our stored meaning for Yusuf reads Joseph (the prophet’s name)<\/em>. This is a name for the prophet Joseph, not a separate meaning-gloss. It says whom the name refers to rather than translating it into a word. Our database holds one stored meaning entry for Yusuf, with no alternatives recorded.<\/p>\n

Our literal entry gives the Arabic Y\u016bsuf<\/em>, the Qur’anic form of Joseph. The confidence level is documented<\/em>. Our summary adds that Yusuf is the Arabic form of Joseph, the patriarch known in Islam as a prophet.<\/p>\n

Where the name is used<\/h2>\n

Our table lists Yusuf for five languages: Bashkir, Tatar, Turkish, Uyghur and Uzbek. The usage status is recorded as in use for Tatar and Uzbek, and as unknown for the others. For Turkish and Uyghur, the table also notes that Wiktionary lists it as a given name in that language’s section.<\/p>\n

How often it was given in Turkey, 2018\u20132025<\/h2>\n

In T\u00dc\u0130K’s boys’ top-30 lists, Yusuf ranked as follows:<\/p>\n