Gulzhan
Barely 30 women in Poland carry it, all of them women, and the records show no newborn girls given it at all. Most Poles will never meet one. The listed meaning is "flower soul".
Gulzhan Pronunciation
Gulzhan is pronounced GOOLS-khahn (/ˈgulsxan/).
What Gulzhan means
Where Gulzhan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gulzhan comes from two Persian words. Gul means a flower, and jan means soul or life. Turkic speakers write that second part as zhan, and the two together give the short meaning kept on this page: flower soul.
The name lives mostly in Central Asia, among Kazakh and Kyrgyz families. The word gul spread far from Iran, and it turns up in many names of the region. You can hear the same piece in Gulnara and in Gulnaz. A girl called Gulzhan shares that opening with a great many others.
In Poland the name is rare. On a form at the urząd it reads as foreign, and the roots stay hidden unless you know Persian. The sense of soul in jan can also work as a word of affection, a way of calling someone dear across Persian and Turkic speech. That second reading is why the pair lands as flower soul.
How many people are named Gulzhan
1 in 751461 women in Poland is named Gulzhan. 30 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7474 among female names.