Yunus (given name)

Yunus
Pronunciation	Arabic: [juːnus]; Persian: [juːnes];
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	Dove, peaceful being
Other names
Related names	Jonah, Jonas, Joonas, Yonah, Janusz

Yunus (Arabic: يُونُس, Yūnus, Persian: یونس, yūnes, Turkish: Yunus), also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis, Younous, Younus, Yunes, Yunis, Yunos and Yonas, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of the Greek Ιωνάς (Ionas), from the Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.

People with the given name

Younas

Younas Ahmadzai (born 1995), Afghan cricketer

Younes

Younes Abdulsalam (born 1996), Yemeni journalist
Younes Ahamdi (born 1976), Moroccan judoka
Younes Ahmad (born 1991), Emirati footballer
Younes Ahmed (born 1963), Qatari footballer
Younes Aitamer (born 2003), Algerian footballer
Younes Akbarpour (born 2000), Iranian football player
Younes Al-Shanqeeti (born 2004), Saudi Arabian footballer
Younes Alaiwi (born 1990), Saudi Arabian footballer
Younes Ali (born 1983), Qatari footballer
Younes Asadi (born 1963), Iranian politician
Younes Ayachi (born 2008), Algerian high jumper
Younes El Aynaoui (born 1971), Moroccan tennis player
Younes Bahonar (born 1977), Iranian footballer
Younes Bakiz (born 1999), Danish footballer
Younès Belhanda (born 1990), Footballer
Younes Boudadi (born 1996), Moroccan footballer
Younes Chaib (born 1984), French footballer
Younes Delfi (born 2000), Iranian footballer
Younes Ebnoutalib (born 2003), German footballer
Younes Elamine (born 1979), Musical artist
Younes Emami (born 1987), Iranian freestyle wrestler
Younès Essalhi (born 1993), Moroccan long-distance runner
Younes Hamed (born 1959), Egyptian air marshal
Younes El Hannach (born 2004), French footballer
Younes Idrissi (born 1984), Moroccan basketball player
Younès Ifticen (born 1957), Algerian football manager
Younes Jaele (born 1962), Iranian businessman
Younès Kaabouni (born 1995), French footballer
Younes Kaboul (born 1986), French footballer
Younès Kadri (born 1991), Algerian footballer
Younes Khattabi (born 1984), Moroccan rugby league footballer
Younes Lachaab (born 2005), French footballer
Younes Lalami (born 2001), Moroccan tennis player
Younes Hamami Lalehzar (born 1967), Iranian rabbi, physician, and community leader
Younes Bnou Marzouk (born 1996), Footballer
Younes Masoudi (born 1981), Iranian footballer
Younès Moudrik (born 1977), Moroccan long jumper
Younes Mazhoud (born 1991), Tunisian footballer
Younes Megri (born 1951), Moroccan singer and artist
Younes Bensouda Mourri, Moroccan computer scientist and educator
Younes Namli (born 1994), Danish footballer
Younes Nazarian (1929–2022), Iranian-American businessman and philanthropist
Younes Nemouchi (born 1993), Algerian boxer
Younès Rachidi (born 1986), Moroccan tennis player
Younes Reggab (born 1975), Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter
Younes Sarmasti (born 1994), Iranian wrestler
Younes Sekkat (born 1974), Moroccan taekwondo practitioner
Younes Sekkouri (born 1981), Moroccan politician
Younes Shakeri (born 1989), Iranian footballer
Younes Al Shibani (born 1981), Libyan footballer
Younes Shokrkhah (born 1957), Iranian journalist and academician
Younes Smaili (born 1998), Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer
Younes Taha (born 2002), Footballer
Younes Tsouli, Moroccan terrorist
Younes Yaqoub (born 1986), Qatari footballer
Younes Zerdouk (born 1973), French footballer

Younis

Younis Ahmed (born 1947), Pakistani former first-class cricketer
Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari (1969–2005), Member of Al-Qaeda killed in Saudi Arabia
Younis Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (born 1987), Omani footballer
Younis al-Mauritani (born 1981), Member of al-Qaeda
Younis Al-Mushaifri (born 1981), Omani footballer
Younis Abed Ali (born 1968), Iraqi footballer
Younis Amaan, Omani footballer
Younis Bahri (1900–1979), Iraqi traveler, journalist, and author
Younis Bese (born 1996), Rugby player
Younis Habib (c. 1940–2019), Pakistani banker
Younis Khamis (born 1982), Emirati basketball player
Younis Khan (born 1977), Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer
Younis Mahmoud (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
Younis Eyal Slman (born 1993), Jordanian judoka
Younis Tirawi, Palestinian journalist

Younous

Younous Omarjee (born 1969), French politician
Younous Oumouri (born 1975), Malagasy footballer

Younus

Younus AlGohar (born 1970), British-Pakistani activist
Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani footballer and politician
Younus Rana (born 1941), Pakistani footballer
Younus Shaikh (born 1952), Pakistani medical doctor, human rights activist
Younus Shaikh (author) (born 1965), Pakistani author
Younus Soomro (died 2020), Pakistani orthopedic surgeon and caretaker minister

Yunis

Yunis Khatayer Abbas, Iraqi journalist
Yunis Abdelhamid (born 1987), Footballer
Yunis Aliyev (1958–1992), National Hero of Azerbaijan
Yunis Al Astal (born 1956), Palestinian politician and preacher
Yunis Hunnar (died 2015), Palestinian jihadist
Yunis Huseynov (born 1965), Azerbaijani footballer
Yunis Makhyun (born 1955), Egyptian politician
Yunis Najafov (1967–1992), Azerbaijani military officer and war hero
Yunis Nuri (1878–1950), Azerbaijani actor
Yunis Safarov, Azerbaijani Islamist
Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri (born 1968), Moroccan detainee in Guantanamo

Yunos

Yunos Yusof (born 1965), Bruneian footballer and coach

Yunus

Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945), Turkish journalist
Yunus Akgün (born 2000), Turkish footballer
Yunus Akintunde, Nigerian politician
Yunus al-Katib al-Mughanni (8th century), Iranian composer and writer
Yunus Ali (1886–1952), Bengali Muslim Sufi saint
Yunus Alif (born 1958), Malaysian football manager
Yunus Altun (born 1977), Turkish footballer
Yunus Emre Arslan (born 2005), Turkish compound archer
Yunus Badat (born 1943), Zambian cricketer
Yunus Bahadır (born 2002), Belgian footballer
Yunus Bandu (1942–2023), Indonesian military officer and politician
Yunus Emre Başar (born 1995), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
Yunus Bikbov (1883–1942), Bashkir statesman
Yunus Çankaya (born 1985), Turkish basketball player
Yunus Carrim (born 1956), South African politician
Yunus Ceylan (born 1979), Turkish footballer
Yunus Emre Çift (born 2003), Turkish footballer
Yunus Emre Dede (born 1995), Turkish freestyle wrestler
Yunus Emre (1238–1320), Turkish Sufi and folk poet
Yunus Erçelik (born 1980), Turkish motorcycle racer
Yunus Gülnar (born 1997), Belgian footballer
Yunus ibn Habib, 8th-century AD Iranian poet and linguist
Yunus Hussain (1935-1965), Pakistani war hero
Yunus İçuz (born 1983), Turkish footballer
Yunus Jaffery (1930–2016), Indian writer and translator
Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017), Indian Islamic Scholar
Yunus Khan (c. 1416 – 1487), Khan of Moghulistan
Yunus Khan (politician) (born 1964), Indian politician
Yunus Emre Konak (born 2006), Turkish footballer
Yunus Mallı (born 1992), Footballer
Yunus Mohamed (1950–2008), South African lawyer and activist
Yunus Musah (born 2002), American soccer player
Yunus Mussa, Malawi politician
Yunus Öçal (born 1988), Turkish volleyball coach
Yunus Özel (born 1987), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
Yunus Parvez (1931/32–2007), Indian actor
Yunus Pasha (died 1517), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Yunus Qanuni (born 1957), Afghan politician
Yunus Rahmatullah (born 1982), Pakistani held on terrorist charges
Yunus Rajabiy (1897–1976), Uzbek composer and academic
Yunus Sarı (born 1991), Turkish taekwondo practitioner
Yunus Şencay (born 1997), Turkish footballer
Yunus Sentamu (born 1994), Ugandan footballer
Yunus Emre Sonsırma (born 1992), Turkish basketball player
Yunus Nüzhet Unat (1913–1999), Turkish cyclist
Yunus Wonda (born 1972), Indonesian politician
Yunus Emre Yalçın (born 1994), Turkish footballer
Yunus Yosfiah (born 1944), Indonesian general

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