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All over the world, Balkis (Balkis , Балкис , Кармышева ) is quite a rare principally feminine, but very infrequently masculine first name. The forename Balkis is characteristic of Tunisia, where it is quite a common predominantly girly, but scarcely boy's name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Lebanon. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Tunisia, Cameroon, and Indonesia. Likewise, Balkis is the last name as well as the forename.
Balkis is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Balkis , the fictional charachter from the Foundation-Universe by Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky; Balkis , the operatic character in the opera L'incontro improvviso by Joseph Haydn; a slave, confidante of Rezia; Balkis , the operatic character in the opera La reine de Saba by Charles Gounod and Balkis , the operatic character in the opera Oberon, König der Elfen.