Globally, ىوسف (ىوسف 
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine given name. The given name ىوسف is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, and Sudan, where it is a rare male name. Likewise, ىوسف is the last name as well as the forename.