Yonis
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Yonis by the numbers
Yonis was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Yonis
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yonis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Younisjonah; a form of Yunus32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yanisgod is gracious; a form of John31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yunisdove; variant of Younis or Yunus21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yonasdove; a form of Jonah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yonivulva; womb; sacred symbol in hinduism4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yunusdove206 in England and Wales (2025)
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