Feruza
The name means turquoise, the gemstone, and reaches Poland by way of Arabic. Only about 41 women carry it here, so most Poles have never met one.
Feruza Pronunciation
Feruza is pronounced fe-ROO-zah (/fɛˈruza/).
What Feruza means
Where Feruza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Feruza names a stone. Turquoise, the blue-green gem, is the short meaning given here, and it holds the whole name together. The word comes from Persian fīrūza, the term for that gem, and it settled across the Arabic-speaking world, where turquoise set into rings and glazed onto tiles was prized for its blue.
The origin sits outside the familiar European roots. That places Feruza among names whose home lies further east, common for girls in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and carried west by families who moved.
In a Polish class register, Feruza can stand beside Zofia or Maria, a single line with a Central Asian history behind it. There is no diminutive listed for it, no cross-gender pair. It stays one word. Feruza, the turquoise stone.
How many people are named Feruza
1 in 549850 women in Poland is named Feruza. 41 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6025 among female names.