Given name · Kazakh
Жүніс
Жүніс (Jünis) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Kazakh.
KazakhWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Jonah.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Жүніс comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Kazakh usage, Жүніс developed from Ἰωνᾶς.
Жүніс’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Жүніс developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωνᾶς. In Kazakh usage, Жүніс has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jonah. In Kazakh usage, Жүніс has a transliteration in Jünıs.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Жүніс has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Жүніс
- Ibn YunusEgyptian mathematician (c. 950–1009)
- Yunus AkgünTurkish association football player (born 2000)
- Yunus MusahAmerican soccer playerborn 2002
- Yunus MallıTurkish-German association football player (born 1992)
- Yunus PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1517)1450–1517
- Sagopa KajmerTurkish rapper (born 1978)
- Yunus Emre KonakTurkish association football player (born 2006)
- Yunus QanuniAfghan politicianborn 1957
- Yunus Nadi AbalıoğluTurkish journalist (1879–1945)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Noè
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Jorkeam
“green people” · “grasslike folks”
>99% boys
Rehoboam
“the people are enlarged” · “people of width”
>99% boys
Shelesh
“triad” · “third”
>99% boys