Khamis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Khamis

What is the meaning of the name Khamis ?

The baby name Khamis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈxamiːs/; approx. 'KHAH-mees' (kh = Arabic خ).

Khamis is Arabic in Origin.

Khamis (Arabic خميس, Khamīs) stems from the Semitic root kh-m-s “five.” In modern Arabic it names Thursday - literally “the fifth (day),” counting from Sunday - and by extension carries connotations of order and cyclical time. Classical dictionaries also record al-khamīs as “an army,” once conceived as fivefold in structure, though the personal name is typically understood in the weekday sense.

Used across the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain) and North and East Africa, Khamis functions as both a given name and a patronymic surname. It often marked boys born on a Thursday or honored that day’s eve before communal Friday prayers. Common transliterations and regional variants include Khamees, Khameis, Khamisi, Hamis, Hamisi, and Khamisa/Hamisa for women. In Swahili, related forms appear as Hamisi and Alhamisi. The name remains familiar through athletes, public figures, and place names such as Khamis Mushait.