Yunus
Yunus, also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis or Younus, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of Greek Ιωνάς, from Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.Notable people with this given name
- Yonas, Emperor of Ethiopia 1797–1798
Younas
- Younas Ahmadzai, Afghan cricketer
Younes
- Younes Ahamdi, Moroccan judoka
- Younes Al Shibani, Libyan football defender
- Younes Ali, Qatari footballer
- Younes Belhanda, French-Moroccan professional footballer
- Younes El Aynaoui,, Moroccan tennis player
- Younes Kaboul, French footballer
- Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
- Younes Nazarian, Iranian-born American business mogul and philanthropist.
- Younes Shokrkhah, 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, 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
Notable people with this surname
- Amin Younes, German footballer
- Abdul Fatah Younis, 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, 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
- Lincoln Younes, Australian actor
- 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, Egyptian national
- Samora Mohammad Yunis, Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Army
- Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer
