Given name & surname

Younous

Younous is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Younous comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic يُونُس.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Younous’s family of names

In French usage, Younous shares an earlier linguistic root with Jonas.

Walk Younous’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Younous

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Similar names

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Hebrew · Modern

Younus

Younus is a surname from Arabic, ultimately from Hebrew.

21RareRising fast

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Yousef

“God will add”

53UncommonSteady

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Youssef

Youssef is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in English and French.

40UncommonEasing

>99% boys

Arabic

Youkhana

Youkhana is a surname from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

77% boys · 23% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

İlyas

İlyas is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Fellous

Fellous is a surname from Arabic. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Umur

“experience”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Attoun

Attoun is a surname from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Younous’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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