Bilkisu is from the Hausa rendition of Arabic بِلْقِيس (Bilqīs — foundational Queen of Sheba in Islamic tradition). A modern American baby name in the broader Hausa-Arabic heritage aesthetic. Bilkisu is one of the foundational Hausa-Nigerian feminine names. The foundational Queen Bilqis of Sheba is central to foundational Islamic + Jewish + Christian + Ethiopian heritage — foundational subject of foundational Quran 27:23-44 (Surat an-Naml) + foundational Hebrew Bible 1 Kings 10 + foundational Ethiopian Kebra Nagast (foundational Solomonic dynasty origin myth where Bilqis-Makeda bore King Solomon's son Menelik I founder of Ethiopian imperial line). Notable bearer: Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf (1952-2015) — foundational Nigerian journalist + foundational first Northern Nigerian Muslim woman editor (New Nigerian newspaper) + foundational founding editor of Citizen magazine + perished in 2015 Mecca Hajj stampede.
Featured throughout Hausa heritage.
Bilkisu reduces to one.