Younes
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning dove, from the prophet Yunus.
Younes by the numbers
In 2025, 55 babies in England and Wales were named Younes. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Younes. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Younisjonah; a form of Yunus32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Younusdove; Arabic form of Jonah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Younasdove; form of Yunus or Jonah7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youness7 in the US (2017)
- Yunes5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Younes, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Younes, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
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