Younes Name Meaning. Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Yunus, name of a prophet, the Biblical Jonah (see Jonas). Yunus is mentioned in the Qur'an (37:139): 'And Yunus was among those sent'.
The name Jonas is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Jonas is: Gift from God.
Yunus (also spelled Younes or Younis, Arabic: ‎‎, Younis, Persian: ‎‎, Younes, Turkish: Yunus) is a common male given name and the Arabic equivalent of the name Jonah, meaning dove. In Turkish it means dolphin.
