Given name & surname · also Arabic
Younus
Younus is a surname from Arabic, ultimately from Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Younus comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic يُونُس, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς, from Hebrew יונה (yônā).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Younus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 106
- 106 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,596 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,596 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 as a first name in 2020; 656 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.
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