Yunus
From the Hebrew word for "dove", carried into Poland mostly through Turkish and Arabic families. Only about 300 men here bear it, so most Poles have never met a Yunus.
Yunus Pronunciation
Yunus is pronounced ih-OO-noos (/ɨˈunus/).
What Yunus means
Where Yunus comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yunus reaches back to the Hebrew Yonah, a word for the dove. Arabic and Turkish speakers took it as the name of the prophet Jonah, the man swallowed by the great fish, and the tenth sura of the Quran is titled Yunus after him. So the sound moves out of Hebrew scripture into Muslim tradition and keeps its bird intact.
For Turkish ears the name belongs above all to Yunus Emre, the Anatolian poet who wrote in plain Turkish around the turn of the fourteenth century. His verses are still sung. Children keep receiving the name partly because of him, seven hundred years on.
Picture Yunus on a Polish class register, listed among families with Turkish or Arabic roots who have settled here. It is short and easy at roll call. The dove behind it, gołębica in Polish, never drifts far from the surface, and Jonah stays folded inside the same three syllables.
How many people are named Yunus
1 in 63154 men in Poland is named Yunus. 338 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1635 among male names.
Yunus's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Yunus is most popular
Yunus is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%
Yunus as a middle name
Yunus is a first name for 338 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2276th, between Yavuz (17) and Ziad (17).
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#2274 Yacine17
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#2275 Yavuz17
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#2276 Yunus17
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#2277 Ziad17
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#2278 Zygmund17