Given name · Arabic
فيروز
“victorious”
فيروز (fayrūz) is a feminine given name with more than one origin. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Fayrūz.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a given name, it goes back to a word meaning “victorious.”
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Where it comes from
فيروز has more than one origin: in one tradition, it comes from Classical Persian پیروزَه; as a given name, it goes back to a word meaning “victorious”.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian پیروزَه, from Middle Persian *pērōzag.
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فيروز’s family of names
In Arabic usage, فيروز has a later derivative in Гүлфайруз. In Arabic usage, فيروز can be written in the Roman alphabet as Fayrūz. In Arabic usage, فيروز has a later derivative in Гүлфайрус.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named فيروز
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