Given name & surname
Yunes
“resembling a dolphin”
Yunes is a variant of Yunus. One Turkish interpretation is “resembling a dolphin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yunes is a variant of Yunus. One Turkish interpretation is “resembling a dolphin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yunes is a variant of Yunus. An origin associated with Yunus is Turkish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yunes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 31 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,956 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,956 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 291 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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