58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts قيس(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ˈqajs/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "measurement" in Arabic. This was the real name of Majnun, the lover of Layla, in Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century poem Layla and Majnun. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantKais Categories isograms, literature, measurements, one syllable, poems, sizes