Globally, Qabous (قابوس 
, Qabous 
, Кабус 
) is a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom female forename. The first name Qabous is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Oman, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare masculine name, and Yemen. Likewise, Qabous is the last name as well as the forename.