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Tunis name meaning

First Name
153
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
1k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Tunis mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Tunis

User Submitted Origins

Dutch
57%
Arabic
30%
Berber
3%
Hebrew
3%
African
3%
German
3%

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  1. The capital and principal port of Tunisia
    Synonyms: capital of tunisia
Wiktionary

Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس‎ (tūnis). Further derivation uncertain, but some possibilities are:

  • Derived from a Berber root ens "to lie down", "to pass the night".
  • Related to the Phoenician goddess Tanit.
  1. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
    1. A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage.
    2. A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
    3. The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
  2. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

Tunis was also found in the following language(s): Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, and Swedish

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Notable Persons Named Tunis

Notable Persons Named Tunis

Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven

Tunis was born on January 31st, 1893. He left this life in 1972.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Tunis

Notable Persons With the Last Name Tunis

the Earl Alexander of Tunis

the Earl Alexander of Tunis was a Governor General of Canada and [[#External links. His most notable accomplishments were from 1946 to 1952. His military service ended in 1946. the was born on December 10th, 1891 in London. He left this life on June 16th, 1969.

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Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis

Shane was born on June 30th, 1935.

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John R. Tunis

John was given the name John Roberts Tunis on December 7th, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, US. John is also known as John Roberts Tunis. He passed away on February 4th, 1975.

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Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis

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Ibrahim Sharif of Tunis

He left this life in 1705.

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Edwin Tunis

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  • Staffan Tunis

Common last names for Tunis

Common first names for Tunis

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Tunis U.S.
█  White 74.01% 64.26%
█  African American 20.85% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.59% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.27% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 1.78% 16.26%

Of Last Name Tunis

People with the last name Tunis are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Tunis

  • How Popular is the name Tunis? Tunis is the 31,400th most popular name of all time. As a last name Tunis was the 24,665th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Tunis have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 153 babies born with the first name Tunis in the United States. That's more than enough people named Tunis to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Tunis? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1913 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Tunis first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Tunis is Monday, November 25th, 1872.
  • What year had the most people named Tunis born? The highest recorded use of the first name Tunis was in 1915 with a total of 14 babies.
  • Random Tunis Factoid: According to the 1923 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Tunis is not a popular baby boy's name in New Jersey. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New Jersey have the same name in 1923.
  • Weird things about the name Tunis: The name spelled backwards is Sinut. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Sitnu. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Tunis? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,012 people with the last name Tunis.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Tunis? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Tunis as their last name since less than 1 person in 294k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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