A Name Story by Houdhoud
يُونُس
Yunus
YOO-nus
“Dove.”
About Yunus
Yunus is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "dove" — an Arabic-Arabic-Hebrew name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Of Hebrew origin. Name of the Prophet Yunus ﷺ; Surah 10 is named for him.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Arabic (Hebrew root)
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Younes, Younis, Jonah
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Yunus is one such word.
In the Qur’an
Surah 10 : Ayah 98
فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيمَانُهَا إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّا آمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
“Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Yunus? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life.”
Saheeh International translation · sourced from Tanzil
Yunus appears in the Qur'an directly. The verse above is one of those mentions.
Across history
Who has carried Yunus before.
- The Prophet Yunus ﷺ
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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