Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇹🇷 Junis
/YOO · nis/
Meaning
“Dove”
Variant spelling of Younis or Yunus, the Arabic form of Jonah meaning 'dove'; used in German-speaking countries among families of Middle Eastern background.
Nicknames
julius
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Clean and modern; navigates between Arabic origins and German phonetics comfortably.
The cultural moment.
Rising in Germany since the 2000s alongside other Arabic-origin names; increasingly visible.