Save Type Political Subdivision & Settlement Usage Indonesian, Javanese Scripts ꦏꦸꦢꦸꦱ꧀(Javanese) قدوس(Pegon) Meaning & History From the name of 16th-century Javanese Islamic saint Sunan Kudus, whose name was derived from Quds, the Arabic name for Jerusalem. This is the name of a regency of, as well as a city in, Indonesia.