Younes

given name · French · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Younes is a given name, most frequently recorded in Morocco, where it is the 52nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and Arabic, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Jonah; Qur'anic prophet Yunus.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco1 in 707◐
  • FRFrance1 in 3.7K
  • DZAlgeria1 in 3.8K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈26K ●

across 10 countries

Sources
292 ●

112K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 3.7K ◐

France

Meaning & origin●

Jonah; Qur'anic prophet Yunus

Sources 1

  • African Muslim Names

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Younes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco#5221,72819K rec.—listedYounes125
FR France#55118,27049K rec.1 in 3.7K18KYounes292
DZ Algeria#1006,4047.2K rec.—listedYounes67
ES Spain—5,0904.3K rec.1 in 9.8K5.1KYounes76
BE Belgium#5993,2472.9K rec.—68Younes85
SY Syria—2,3548K rec.——Younes36
RO Romania#4441,57112 rec.——Younes7
EG Egypt—1,1043.1K rec.——Younes106
SE Sweden—973760 rec.1 in 10K973Younes30
US United States—9696.3K rec.1 in 343K1.8KYounes182
TR Türkiye—7501.4K rec.——Younes19
DK Denmark—519—1 in 11K519——

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • French137K59%
  • Arabic39K17%
  • Spanish15K7%
  • English8K3%
  • Catalan5.1K2%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
French136,52459%
Arabic38,52117%
Spanish15,2357%
English8,0223%
Catalan5,0902%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Younes is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name38K records spelled Younes63 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, Western Frisian, German

    Also written Youenes, Younès, Younés, Yoünes, Ÿounes

  • Spanish given name21K records spelled Younes73 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Younès, Yoùnes, Yoùnés, Yóunes, Yôùnés

  • Danish given name3.4K records spelled Younes14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

    Also written Yöùnęš, Younès, Younés, Yöùñeş, Yöunes

  • a separate given name1.6K records spelled Younes3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Iran

    Also written Younès, Younés

  • Turkish given name1.6K records spelled Younes11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Iran, Netherlands

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen

    Also written Youneş, Younês, Ŷounes, Yoünes, Yöünes

  • Polish given name952 records spelled Younes4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Netherlands, United States, Belgium

    Also written Younès, Younés, Yoünëš

  • Finnish given name772 records spelled Younes4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Morocco

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Yőůňëś, Yõunês

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

020406020002010202046 · 2012

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Younes in Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01), Canada, 1991–2024
Yearrecords
19915
199310
19945
199510
19968
199713
19988
199914
200013
200111
200213
200316
200425
200523
200626
200733
200830
200929
201033
201138
201246
201335
201441
201546
201641
201738
201845
201938
202035
202135
202231
202343
202436

CA Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) — 33 years between 1991–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18501900195020002050Mirza Kuchik Khan, b. 1880Younes Nazarian, b. 1929Younes Megri, b. 1951Younes Bouab, b. 1979Younes Al Shibani, b. 1981Mister You, b. 1984Younes Nemouchi, b. 1993Younes Taha, b. 2002Younes Ebnoutalib, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 72 sources across 37 countries.

Official registers attesting Younes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202418K#122
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—5.1K#869
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4.1K#463
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.8K#15,581
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—1.8K#1,477
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#20,157
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#22,999
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—998#1,653
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—973#1,726
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020969#12,661
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020528—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—519#479

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 416 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Younes?
We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Younes (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Younes have the most bearers?
Younes is most frequently recorded in Morocco, where it is most often spelled younes.
How common is Younes compared with other names?
In Morocco, Younes is the 52nd most common given name of 44,905 given names recorded there.
Is Younes a male or female name?
Younes is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Younes mean?
Recorded meaning: Jonah; Qur'anic prophet Yunus
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Younes” — the 52nd most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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