Yossi

“Variant of Yosef — God will add” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #2388 in the US (2025) · Trending

Yossi is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1990, it stood at #2388 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 580 boys have been named Yossi along the way. In New York it runs about 13× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 13,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yossis

Yossi Benayoun — Israeli association football player (born 1980)
Yossi Beilin — Israeli politician
Yossi Sarid — Israeli politician (1940-2015)
Yossi Cohen — former director of Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel
Yossi Ghinsberg — adventurer, author and speaker

What Yossis become

Among 202 notable people named Yossi:

Military figures appear 3.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yossi Harel, Israeli intelligence officer (1918–2008).

Similar names: Yosiah · Shloimy · Yehoshua · Osiah · Yaziel · Arsiah

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