Yosif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-sif
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Yosif is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Yosif mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian and Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
Form of Joseph, the son of Jacob whose story is told in Genesis and the Qur'an.
Is Yosif a girl's or a boy's name?
Yosif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yosif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Yosif, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Yosif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Yosef 29
- Yosif 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yosif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
Names like Yosif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Musa, Achim, Yahya, Muhammad, Yunus, Ibrahim, Zion, Obi, Ezra, Yaqub, Dawud
Other spellings of Yosif
Names related to Yosif
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yosif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yosif, updated 20 October 2026.