Aabes is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means âgrim-facedâ, âfierce-facedâ. Aabes is the name of a number of companions of the Prophet ï·ș, such as Aabes al-Ghaffari and Aabes bin Rabeea. It is derived from the AIN-B-S root which is used in many places in the Quran.