Meaning, origin and history of the name Yunus

Gender Masculine

Scripts يونس(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. YOO-noos(Arabic) yoo-NOOS(Turkish) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Arabic and Turkish form of Jonah.

VariantYounes(Arabic (Maghrebi))

Other Languages & CulturesJonah, Jonas(Biblical) Ionas(Biblical Greek) Yonah(Biblical Hebrew) Iona, Ionas(Biblical Latin) Jonáš(Czech) Jonas(Danish) Jonas(Dutch) Jonah(English) Joonas(Estonian) Jónas(Faroese) Joona, Joonas(Finnish) Iona(Georgian) Jonas(German) Yona, Yonah(Hebrew) Jónás(Hungarian) Jónas(Icelandic) Giona(Italian) Jonas(Norwegian) Younes(Persian) Jonasz(Polish) Iona(Russian) Jonáš(Slovak) Jonás(Spanish) Jonas(Swedish) Younus(Urdu)

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