Yunes
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Yunes by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Yunes.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Yunes
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 Yunes. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yunusdove206 in England and Wales (2025)
- Younesdove, from the prophet Yunus55 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yunisdove; variant of Younis or Yunus21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yusefgod increases; a form of Joseph29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Younisjonah; a form of Yunus32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yanisgod is gracious; a form of John31 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Yunes
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