Yousef
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Yousef (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Yousef has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 14 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 19 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 35 |
| 2009 | 29 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 34 |
| 2012 | 50 |
| 2013 | 51 |
| 2014 | 42 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 74 |
| 2018 | 57 |
| 2019 | 70 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2021 | 69 |
| 2022 | 60 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 269 |
| 2000 | 288 |
| 2001 | 308 |
| 2002 | 330 |
| 2003 | 353 |
| 2004 | 366 |
| 2005 | 405 |
| 2006 | 446 |
| 2007 | 487 |
| 2008 | 536 |
| 2009 | 578 |
| 2010 | 613 |
| 2011 | 670 |
| 2012 | 738 |
| 2013 | 834 |
| 2014 | 974 |
| 2015 | 1,110 |
| 2016 | 1,345 |
| 2017 | 1,548 |
| 2018 | 1,693 |
| 2019 | 1,822 |
| 2020 | 1,936 |
Yousef in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Yousef.Hi! My name is Yousef.
- Har du träffat Yousef? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Yousef? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Yousef i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Yousef this afternoon.
- Yousefs mamma är lärare.Yousef's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Yousefs mamma is Yousef's mum.
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Questions about Yousef
How do you pronounce Yousef in Swedish?
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What does the name Yousef mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
How popular is Yousef in Sweden?
60 babies were named Yousef in 2022. In 2020, 1,936 people in Sweden had Yousef as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.