Younas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-nus
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Younas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Younas mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yunus, the Arabic form of Jonah
“dove”
Yunus is the Qur'anic name of the prophet Jonah, who was swallowed by a great fish.
Is Younas a girl's or a boy's name?
Younas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Younas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Younas, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Younas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 boys in the UK were given Younas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Younas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2 | #5,314 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Names like Younas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Ayyub, Yahya, Amir, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Umar, Mustafa
Other spellings of Younas
Names related to Younas
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Younas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/younas, updated 20 October 2026.