Qays
قيس
Say it QAYS
Name of the Companion Qays ibn Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Qais, Kais, Qays
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Lisān al-ʿArab lists Qays as a name under q-y-s (measuring) but gives it no gloss.
Who carried this name
- Qays ibn Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7192 (vol. 5, p. 359)