Given name & surname
Youness
“close to God”
Youness is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Youness goes back to Arabic يونس, meaning “close to God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Youness is an alternative spelling of Younès. Younès comes from Arabic.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Youness through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020; 127 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Youness’s family of names
In French usage, Youness has an alternative spelling in Younès. In French usage, Youness has a related form in Younès.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Youness
- Youness MokhtarMoroccan footballerborn 1991
- Youness BengellounFrench professional footballerborn 1983
- Youness BellakhderMoroccan footballerborn 1987
- Youness RahimiFinnish footballerborn 1995
- Youness BaallaMoroccan boxerborn 1999
- Youness LachhabMoroccan footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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