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Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Yunus

YOO-noos · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Dove (Jonah)
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1464
2024 births124
Peak year2023
First appeared1988
Total US births1,218
2023 peak19881997200620152024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yun
Alternate spellings
YounesYounis
In other languages
Yunus (Arabic)Younes (French)Yunus (Turkish)Jonas (English cognate)

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Notable people named Yunus

Yunus Emre (13th c. Sufi poet)
Muhammad Yunus