Given name & surname
Filiz
Filiz is a feminine given name from Greek. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Filiz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 403 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Filiz’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Filiz shares a linguistic root with the English form Phyllis. In German usage, Filiz has a related form in Phyllis. In Turkish usage, Filiz has a conventional equivalent in the English form Phyllis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Filiz has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Filiz
- Filiz AhmetTurkish actressborn 1981
- Filiz AkınTurkish actor (1943–2025)
- Filiz Hyusmenovapolitician from Bulgariaborn 1966
- Filiz AliTurkish musicologist (born 1937)
- Filiz OsmanodjaGerman chess playerborn 1996
- Filiz DinçmenTurkish diplomat (born 1939)
- Filiz TaçbaşTurkish actor (born 1964)
- Filiz KerestecioğluTurkish statesperson (born 1961)
- Filiz AkerTurkish actor (1963–2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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