[[Ibnu Khallikan]] menyebutkan silsilahnya adalah Abu Abdullah Yusuf bin Umar bin Muhammad bin al-Hakam bin Abi Aqil bin Mas'ud ats-Tsaqafi.<ref name="Wafayat">{{cite book|title=Wafayat al-A'yan - Yusuf bin Umar ats-Tsaqafi - Al-Maktaba al-Shamela al-Haditha|url=https://al-maktaba.org/book/1000/2954|author=Ibnu Khallikan|author-link=Ibnu Khallikan|language=ar|page=101|website=al-maktaba.org|access-date=2022-05-18|archive-date=2022-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706100046/https://al-maktaba.org/book/1000/2954|dead-url=no}}</ref> Nama panggilannya adalah Abu Abdullah<ref name="Wafayat" /> dan Abu Ya'qub.
