Filiz
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Gender | Feminine |
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Language(s) | Turkish |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Word/name | "filiz" |
Derivation | "filiz" |
Meaning | "burgeon", "Blossom", "to flower" |
Filiz is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Filiz" means "Sprout", "Blossom" and/or "to Flower";[1] derived from the Greek word "fillís" (φυλλίς).[2]
Given name
[edit]- Filiz Ahmet (born 1981), Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actress
- Filiz Akın (born 1943), Turkish film actress
- Filiz Gencan Akın (born 1983), Turkish lawyer and politician
- Filiz Ali (born in 1937), Turkish pianist and musicologist
- Filiz Dinçmen (born 1939), First Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country
- Filiz Hyusmenova (born 1966), Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament
- Filiz İşikırık (born 1993), Turkish footballer
- Filiz Kadoğan (born 1982), Turkish shot putter
- Filiz Kocaman (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player
- Filiz Koç (born in 1986), Turkish-German footballer, model and sports reporter
- Filiz Koçali (born 1958), Turkish politician
- Filiz Polat (born 1978), Turkish-German politician
- Filiz Taçbaş (born 1964), Turkish actress and former national tennis player
- Filiz Vural, Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971
Surname
[edit]- Atalay Filiz, Turkish murderer and fugitive