Yunuen
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Yunuen is a girls' name, meaning “half moon”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yunuen mean?
Purepecha (Tarascan), a language of Michoacan, Mexico
“half moon”
Also the name of an island in Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan; in Mexico it is more often a girl's name.
Is Yunuen a girl's or a boy's name?
Yunuen is a girls' name.
How popular is Yunuen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Yunuen in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yunuen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Yunuen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Yumi, Dakota, Tru, Miyori, Yuna, Suki, Namiko, Xuri, Saori, Yumna, Sayuri
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yunuen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yunuen, updated 20 October 2026.