Qays

given name · Latin script

Meaning: logical

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/keɪz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Qays is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IQIraq≈1 in 240K(inferred from the name graph)
  • JOJordan≈1 in 23K
  • LYLibya≈1 in 45K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈530 people, est.

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Jordan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

logical

Sources 1

  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Qays counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Qays is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan≈530 est.≈1 in 70K—Qays2
JO Jordan≈470 est.≈1 in 23K—Qays17
MY Malaysia≈250 est.≈1 in 130K—Qays13
ID Indonesia≈200 est.≈1 in 1.3Mlisted——
IQ Iraq≈160 est.≈1 in 240K—Qays24
LY Libya≈150 est.≈1 in 45K—Qays7
SE Sweden1451 in 70K145—8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the id-github-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Qays is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Iraq

    Also written Qaÿs

  • Russian surname25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Iraq

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кайс, Каис, Kais, Каіс, Каїс

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah, b. 644Qais Abd al-Karim, b. 1944Kais Saied, b. 1958Qais Obeid, b. 1973Qais Khazali, b. 1974Kaies Ghodhbane, b. 1976Kais Nashef, b. 1978Kais Setti, b. 1985
  • Qays Ibn al-Mulawwahb. 644SAArab poet and the character of the romantic fiction Layla and Majnun
  • Qais Abd al-Karimb. 1944IQnot in their usual namePalestinian politician
  • Kais Saiedb. 1958TNnot in their usual nameTunisian politician, academic and jurist
  • Qais Obeidb. 1973ILnot in their usual nameMilitary commander in Hezbollah (1973–)
  • Qais Khazalib. 1974IQnot in their usual nameleader of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
  • Kaies Ghodhbaneb. 1976TNnot in their usual nameTunisian association football player
  • Kais Nashefb. 1978ILnot in their usual nameIsrael-Palestinian actor
  • Kais Settib. 1985DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor
  • Qays ibn Sa'dSARashidun army leader and a companion of Muhammad
  • al-Najashi al-Harithinot in their usual namearab poet

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Qays
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—145#6,607
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202044—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201941—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201837—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201734—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201630—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201528—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201425—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201323—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201223—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201122—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201020—

Reference works 1

  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Qays mean, and where does it come from?
logical Recorded by Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names.
How do you pronounce Qays?
A machine transcription gives /keɪz/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Qays a male or female name?
Qays is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Qays have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 525 people named Qays in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled qays.
How common is the name Qays?
In Sweden, the national register counted 145 people named Qays, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Qays”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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