Qais as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Qais

What is the meaning of the name Qais ?

The baby name Qais is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced KICE.

Qais is Arabic in Origin.

Qais is a romanized form of Arabic قيس, more exactly Qays, from the Semitic root q-y-s, whose basic verb قاس qāsa denotes measuring, comparing, or estimating. As a personal name its earliest securely visible form is pre-Islamic Arabic Qays, preserved in tribal names and in compounds such as Imruʾ al-Qays. The literal sense is measurement or comparison; later glosses such as firm reflect dictionary extensions rather than the primary etymon.

The name belongs to early Arabian naming stock, with bearers including the sixth-century poet Imruʾ al-Qays and several Qays tribal groupings. Its best-known literary association is Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, the Majnun of the Layla and Majnun cycle, which explains modern summaries that connect Qais with lover. Spellings vary by transliteration: Qays is philologically closer, while Qais, Kais, and Qaiss occur in Arab, Muslim, and diaspora contexts.