Yunus (given name)

For other uses, see Yunus (disambiguation).

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

Younas

• Younas Ahmadzai (born 1995), Afghan cricketer

Younes

• 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

• 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

• Younus Shaikh, Pakistani dissident

Yunus

• 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

See also

• Yunus (surname)