Bilqis: meaning and origin

بلقيس

Meaning
Meaning not known
Arabic
بلقيس
Say it
bil-QEES
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
In the Quran
Not in the Quran

About the meaning

Muslim tradition gives this name to the Queen of Sheba, whose meeting with Sulayman is told in surah 27; the Quran does not name her.

Other spellings

Balqis, Belkıs

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Questions about Bilqis

What does Bilqis mean?

Meaning not known. Muslim tradition gives this name to the Queen of Sheba, whose meeting with Sulayman is told in surah 27; the Quran does not name her.

Is Bilqis in the Quran?

No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.

Is Bilqis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Bilqis is a girl’s name.

How do you write Bilqis in Arabic?

In Arabic script, Bilqis is written بلقيس.

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