Yousaf Explained

Yousaf is an alternative name of Joseph in Islam.

Yousaf is also a given name and surname and an alternative of Joseph, Yousef, Yusuf, Yousuf and variants. People with the name include:

Given name

• Yousaf Ali Khan, British film director
• Yousaf Aziz Magsi (1908-1935), Baloch leader from the present-day Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Yousaf Borahil Al-Msmare (ca. 1866-1931), Libyan Muslim resistance leader fighting against Italian colonization

Surname

• Bilal Yousaf (born 1928), Persian writer
• Humza Yousaf (born 1985), former First Minister of Scotland
• Jam Mohammad Yousaf (1954–2013), the 12th Jam of Lasbela, former Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan
• Kyle Yousaf (born 1993), British boxer
• The Yousaf Sisters, Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf, American music duo who make up Krewella