Qais

Qais (Arabic: قیس) is an Arabic given name meaning lover or firm.^[1] “Qays” and “Qaiss” are alternatives of Qais.

Notable people with the name include:

• Imru' al-Qais (496-565), Arabic poet in the 6th century
  • Imru al-Qays (disambiguation), for namesakes
• Kais Saied (born 1958), Tunisian President
• Qais Ashfaq (born 1993), British boxer
• Qais Abdur Rashid (575-661), legendary founding father of the Pashtuns
• Muhammad Qais-ud-Din (1937-2021), Bangladeshi academic, researcher and chemist
• Mohamed Mijarul Quayes (1960-2017), Bangladeshi diplomat
• Qais Khazali (born 1974), founder of the Iran-backed Special Groups
• Qais Essa (born 1975), Iraqi international football player
• Qais Akbar Omar (born 1982), Afghan-American writer
• Qais Al-Sindy (born 1967), Iraqi painter
• Kais al-Zubaidi (1939-2024), Iraqi film director
• Azzan bin Qais (died 1871), Sultan of Oman