Balqis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAL-kees
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Balqis is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Balqis mean?
Arabic: Arabic name of the Queen of Sheba; ultimate origin uncertain
In Islamic tradition Balqis or Bilqis is the Queen of Sheba, who visited King Solomon.
Is Balqis a girl's or a boy's name?
Balqis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Balqis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Balqis, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Balqis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Balqis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
Names like Balqis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayah, Summer, Rahma, Sumayyah, Safaa, Safiya, Nusaybah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Balqis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/balqis, updated 20 October 2026.