Firuza
Firuza means "turquoise", the gemstone. Only 41 women in Poland carry it and no girls were given it last year, so meeting one would stay with you.
Firuza Pronunciation
Firuza is pronounced fee-ROO-zah (/fiˈruza/).
What Firuza means
Where Firuza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Firuza comes from Persian, where fīrūza names the turquoise stone. The English word "turquoise" took a different road, from the French for "Turkish stone," because the gem reached western Europe through Turkish traders. Both point back to the same blue-green mineral. In Polish the meaning is turkus.
The name traveled with the stone across Central Asia and the Caucasus, and it is still given today in Azerbaijan, Iran, and Tatar-speaking regions. A girl named Firuza carries the color of a stone that jewelers set in rings and amulets for centuries.
The turquoise link is old, sitting in the word itself rather than added on later. That makes Firuza plainer than many names. Picture the class register at the start of a school year, one Firuza among the Zofias and Julias. The teacher reads it and pauses over how to say it.
Firuza means turquoise, the stone the Persians called fīrūza.
How many people are named Firuza
1 in 549850 women in Poland is named Firuza. 41 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6027 among female names.