Yunus

Meaning and origin of Yunus

Popularity of Yunus in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Yunus has been rising (+10.6% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Yunus every 27 schools, all spellings combined.

Yunus in English-speaking countries

Yunus ranks 255^th in England and Wales, against 565^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  255^th boys’ name564 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,465+12.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  559^th boys’ name60 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,832+8.4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  884^th boys’ name5 babies in 3 years1 boy in 11,987

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,382^nd boys’ name402 babies in 3 years1 boy in 12,790+11.5% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Yunus, Yûnus and Yunûs are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Yûnus70
• Yunûs5
• Yunuss5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Yunus

• Yacoub
• Youcef
• Daouda
• Soulayman
• Sulayman
• Mikaïl
• Ilyass
• Soulaymane
• Yussuf
• Youssouf
• Harouna
• Yakoub

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin
• →French names of Hebrew origin