Younis is an English spelling of the Arabic Yunus, the name of the prophet Jonah, which comes from the Hebrew Yonah and means "dove". It is widespread across the Arab world and South Asia and also serves as a surname, as with the Pakistani cricketer Younis Khan. Younis has climbed from number 4177 in 2015 to a peak of number 1876 in 2024 and ranks number 2144 in 2025.