Yunus

Meaning: Dove
Origin: Arabic (from Hebrew via Greek and Arabic)

Boy's name · #1296 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Yunus is climbing: on the charts since 1988, it reached #1296 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 150 boys given the name last year. Roughly 1,400 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#240 in England & Wales (2025) · #249 in Austria (2025) · #485 in France (2025) · #498 in Sweden (2025) · #520 in Netherlands (2025) · #595 in Belgium (2025) · #645 in Scotland (2025) · #716 in Switzerland (2025) · #829 in Canada (2024).

Famous Yunuses

Yunus Emre — Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic
Yunus Musah — American soccer player
Yunus Mallı — Turkish-German association football player (born 1992)
Yunus Akgün — Turkish association football player (born 2000)
Yunus Pasha — Ottoman politician (1450–1517)

In stories & tradition

Yunus — Qur’an (book)

What Yunuses become

Among 212 notable people named Yunus:

Sports figures appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yunus Musah, American soccer player.

Similar names: Mahir · Yug · Kairos · Yazan · Yasin · Eesa

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