Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Junus is a romanization of Жунус. Жунус comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Junus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Junus’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Junus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Beno
“his son”
>99% boys
Mosie
>99% boys
Gomer
“complete” · “of the good fight”
>99% boys
Alvah
“rising”
96% boys · 4% girls
Ziba
“alliance” · “collective”
>99% boys
Benjamon
“son of the right hand” · “son of the south”
>99% boys
Avrom
“father of a multitude (of nations)” · “father of a multitude; father of nations”
>99% boys
Peppino
“God will add”
>99% boys