Yunus

What Yunus means

Turkish form of Jonah, meaning “dove”

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jonah or Jonas || From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Yunus” (revision 92290615) and “Jonah” (revision 93671812), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Yunus?

US: Rising: up from #2809 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #523 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 151 boys got the name (#1290 that year). First in the US records in 1988.

How common

• About 1 in 11,312 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,320 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.28 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.27 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.24 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Yunus is #1290 in the US and #239 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Yunus were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Younes68 US · 55 E&W
• Younis68 US · 32 E&W
• Yanis52 US · 31 E&W
• Yunis35 US · 21 E&W
• Younus17 US · 17 E&W
• Yunes6 US · 5 E&W
• Yonas7 US · 3 E&W
• Yonis9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Yunus

Boys

• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

For a sister

• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Yunus’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.