Yunus (given name)

Yunus
Pronunciation	Arabic: [juːnus]; Persian: [juːnes]; Urdu: [juːnʊs]
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, Younus, Yunes, Younous and Yonas, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of Greek Ιωνάς (Ionas), from Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.

People with the given name[edit]

Younas[edit]

Younas Ahmadzai (born 1995), Afghan cricketer

Younes[edit]

Younes Ahamdi (born 1976), Moroccan judoka
Younes Al Shibani (born 1981), Libyan football defender
Younes Ali (born 1983), Qatari footballer
Younes Belhanda (born 1990), French-Moroccan footballer
Younes El Aynaoui (born 1971), Moroccan tennis player
Younes Kaboul (born 1986), French footballer
Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
Younes Nazarian, Iranian-born American business mogul and philanthropist
Younes Shokrkhah (born 1957), Iranian journalist
Younes Tsouli, Moroccan Islamist

Younis[edit]

Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali, Iraqi former Baath Party member
Younis Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari, Moroccan terrorism suspect

Younus[edit]

Younus Shaikh, Pakistani dissident

Yunus[edit]

Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Indian politician
Yunus Altun, Turkish footballer
Yunus Badat, Zambian cricketer
Yunus Emre, Turkish poet and mystic
Yunus Erçelik (born 1980), Turkish motorcycle racer
Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer
Yunus Khan, 15th-century Mughal Khan
Yunus Mallı, German-Turkish footballer
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist
Yunus Öçal, Turkish volleyball coach
Yunus Parvez, Indian actor
Yunus Paşa, Ottoman statesman
Yunus Qanuni, Afghan politician
Yunus Yosfiah, Indonesian army officer
Yunus Musah, American soccer player