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Yunus

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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Pronunciation
  
Arabic: [juːnus] Persian: [juːnes] Hindustani: [juːnʊs]

Meaning
  
Dove; peaceful being, accomplishing, and a gift from God

Related names
  
Jonah, Jonas, Joonas, Yonah, Jonnas, Janusz, Yunus

Yunus (also spelled Younes or Younis, Arabic: ‎‎, Younis, Persian: ‎‎, Younes, Turkish: Yunus) is a common male given name and the Arabic equivalent of the name Jonah, meaning dove. In Turkish it means dolphin. It may refer to:

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Younes

  • Younes Ahamdi (born 1976), Moroccan judoka
  • Younes Al Shibani (born 1981), Libyan football defender
  • Younes Ali (born 1983), Qatari footballer
  • Younes El Aynaoui (born 1971), Moroccan tennis player
  • Younes Kaboul (born 1986), French footballer
  • Younes Khattabi, Marrocan rugby league player
  • Younes Nazarian, Iranian-born American business mogul and philanthropist.
  • Younes Shokrkhah (born 1957), Iranian journalist
  • Younes Tsouli, Moroccan Islamist

    • Younis

  • Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali, Iraqi former Baath Party member
  • Younis Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
  • Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
  • Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
  • Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari, Moroccan terrorism suspect

    • Younus

  • Younus Shaikh, Pakistani dissident

    • Yunus

  • Kazi Yunus Ahmed, Bangladeshi kabaddi player
  • Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Indian politician
  • Yunus Altun, Turkish footballer
  • Yunus Badat, East African cricketer
  • Yunus Emre, Turkish poet and mystic
  • Yunus Erçelik (born 1980), Turkish motorcycle racer
  • Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer
  • Yunus Khan, 15th century Mughal Khan
  • Yunus Mallı, German-Turkish footballer
  • Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist
  • Yunus Parvez, Indian actor
  • Yunus Paşa, Ottoman statesman
  • Yunus Qanuni, Afghan politician
  • Yunus Yosfiah, Indonesian army officer
  • Zuleikha Yunus Haji, Tanzanian politician

    • Surname

  • Amin Younes (born 1993), German footballer
  • Abdul Fatah Younis (1944–2011), senior military officer in Libya who defected to join the rebels of the 2011 Libyan civil war
  • Glenn Younes, sports radio talk show host and update anchor
  • Imed Ben Younes (born 1974), Tunisian footballer
  • Hadrat Yunus, the Prophet Jonah as mentioned in the Qur'an
  • Ibn Yunus, 10th-century Egyptian mathematician and astronomer
  • Fawaz Younis, Lebanese hijacker
  • Leyla Yunus, Azerbaijani human rights activist
  • Megat Yunus, Malaysian politician
  • Mohammad Yunus, Indian diplomat
  • Mohammad Yunus, Indian politician
  • Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Mujahideen Commander of Afghanistan
  • Monica Yunus, opera singer
  • Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
  • Nadia Younes (1946–2003), Egyptian national
  • Samora Mohammad Yunis, Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Army
  • Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer

    • References

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