Overview
people
Sample Size
23,227
Gender Distribution
Male:
96.6%
Female:
3.4%
Origin and Meaning
Origin
Arabic, Turkish
Meaning
Yunus is derived from the Arabic name يُونُس (Yūnus), Turkish name Yunus, which is the equivalent to the English name Jonah. It means 'Dove' in Arabic. This was the name of a prophet swallowed by a fish, as told in the Qur'an (the story is similar to that of Jonah in the Jewish and Christian traditions).
Geographic Distribution
This name appears in the following countries, sorted by popularity:
TR
20,561 samples
96%
DE
511 samples
97%
ID
373 samples
100%
IN
240 samples
99%
FR
217 samples
99%
NL
134 samples
99%
NG
117 samples
98%
AT
106 samples
98%
GB
82 samples
99%
RU
70 samples
94%
BE
69 samples
94%
US
56 samples
98%
ZA
54 samples
100%
SA
49 samples
98%
DK
35 samples
100%
AZ
29 samples
97%
MY
29 samples
97%
CH
28 samples
100%
AE
24 samples
100%
SE
20 samples
100%
+ 32 more countries
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