فَيْرُوز
Fairuz: meaning of the name
Girl or boy Persian origin Fayrūz
Companion“Turquoise”; from Persian peroz, “victorious”
Fairuz in Islam
The Companion Fayruz al-Daylami, from a Persian family settled in Yemen, came to the Prophet ﷺ and embraced Islam; historians report that he took part in killing al-Aswad al-ʿAnsi, who claimed prophethood in Yemen, at the end of the Prophet’s ﷺ life.
Meaning of the name Fairuz
Fayruz is turquoise, a greenish-blue stone; the word comes from Persian peroz or firoz, “victorious, prosperous”, the name of several Sasanian kings. It is feminine in the Arab world, where the Lebanese singer Fairuz made it famous, and masculine in older usage and in Iran (Firouz); in Turkish, Firuze is a girls’ name.
- In Arabic
- فَيْرُوز فيروز
- Transliteration
- Fayrūz
- Gender
- Girl or boy
- Origin
- Persian
Is Fairuz in the Quran?
No: the name Fairuz does not appear in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Fairuz in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Fairuz in each language
- French
- Fairouz, Fayrouz, Fairuz
- English
- Fairuz, Fayrouz, Firouz
- Spanish
- Fairuz
- Turkish
- Firuze
- Arabic
- فَيْرُوز