Akhnas (Name)

Akhnas (transliteration: Akhnas, Arabic: أخنس) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “snub-nosed”, “pug-nosed”.¹ It also means “lion”² and “tick” (the insect)³.

There are two Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Akhnas:

• al-Akhnas al-Sulami الأخنس السُلمي
• al-Akhnas bin Shareeq الأخنس بن شريق

Below is the name Akhnas written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Akhnas written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE) , entry for خنس.
2. Al-Ubaab al-Zaakhir by al-Saghaani (d. 1252 CE), entry for خنس.
3. Ibid.