Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin

فَيْرُوز

Fayrouz Name Meaning in Islam

Turquoise.

فَيْرُوز·Fayrouz
Meaning
Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Urdu
فیروز
Pronunciation
FAY-rouz
Lucky number
6

Is Fayrouz an Islamic name? Yes. Fayrouz is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.

Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓

Section 1 · Arabic Root

Where the Name Comes From

ف-ي-ر

This is an Arabic name whose letters are ف-ي-ر-و-ز, read individually in the Ilm ul Huroof reading above.

Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof

Read Letter by Letter

Fa opens the way, Ya reaches with longing, and Ra is mercy in motion. Waw connects and Zayn adorns, so the name moves like an opening that reaches through mercy and is finished as a luminous ornament.

Section 3 · Synthesis

What This Reading Says About You

Fayrouz's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Fattah, the Opener, carried by a person as the will to open what was closed. A person named Fayrouz lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.

Section 4 · What Families Say

What People Usually Mean by This Name

The Levantine and Egyptian spelling of fīrūz (فيروز), turquoise, the precious blue-green stone mined for millennia in Khorasan. We discussed the same name under Feruza (Uzbek-Tajik form). The Levantine -uz ending reflects Eastern Arabic phonology that the Egyptian and Lebanese transliteration traditions have preferred since the early twentieth century.

The most globally-renowned bearer is Fairuz (Nuhad Haddad, born 1934), the Lebanese singer, called 'Sayyidat al-Ghinā' (the Lady of Singing), whose voice has shaped Levantine Arabic music for sixty years. Her songs of Beirut at dawn, of love, of homeland, are sung throughout the Arabic-speaking world. To carry the name in Lebanese, Syrian, and Egyptian families is often a deliberate honour to her.

Variants: Fairuz, Fayrouz, Fairouz, Fairoze, Firuza (Uzbek), Feruza, Pirouz (Iranian, the masculine 'victorious'). Same root: Pirouz, Firouz (m, victorious, turquoise being the stone of victory). Compare Lulu (pearl), Yaqut (sapphire), Almas (diamond), Marjan (coral).

Section 5 · Bearers

Who Has Carried This Name

  • Fairuz (Nouhad Wadie Haddad)
    born 1934·Lebanon
    iconic Lebanese singer, one of the most celebrated voices of the Arab world

How to Pronounce Fayrouz

PronunciationFAY-rouz  ·  fay·rouz  ·  2 syllables

Same name, different doors: each spelling of Fayrouz belongs to a particular community of speakers.

Fayrouz ✓FairouzFayrooz

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Like Fayrouz, these names carry Fa (ف) as their leading letter influence.

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About the name Fayrouz

What does the name Fayrouz mean?
Fayrouz means: Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name.

The letters that build Fayrouz each speak on their own terms. What does Ilm ul Huroof say about Fayrouz? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Fayrouz? →

Is Fayrouz mentioned in the Quran?
The exact form Fayrouz does not appear directly in the Quran. Its Arabic root, however, appears in the Quran; the name carries the root, not the verse.

Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Fayrouz included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →

What does Fayrouz mean in Urdu?
Fayrouz in Urdu is فیروز (Fayrouz) in the South Asian Islamic tradition.

Urdu poets and scholars kept the letter qualities readable; that lineage flows under Fayrouz. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →

Is Fayrouz a good Islamic name?
Yes. Fayrouz is a name valued in Muslim tradition, meaning Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You will be called by your names on the Day of Resurrection, so give yourselves good names" (Abu Dawud). Every letter in Fayrouz carries a specific spiritual quality, not metaphorically, but structurally.

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Is Fayrouz a girl or boy name?
Fayrouz is traditionally a Muslim girl name meaning Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name. Used across Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Malaysia, and Muslim diaspora communities worldwide, each community with their own spelling and their own story.

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What is the spiritual meaning of Fayrouz in Ilm ul Huroof?
Fa opens, Ya reaches, Ra moves with mercy, Waw connects, Zain adorns.

This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Fayrouz is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →

What names go perfectly with Fayrouz as a sibling name?
The best sibling names for Fayrouz share a complementary spiritual quality, either the same root letter or a harmonious contrast. Parents instinctively seek names whose letter qualities form a coherent family field.

The related-names list above shows the names most often chosen alongside Fayrouz. For a girl named Fayrouz, look for letter families that complement its dominant letter and root.

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Is Fayrouz a rare or common Muslim name?
Fayrouz (Turquoise. Lebanese singer as name) is used across the Muslim world. Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, and wherever Muslims name their children with intention. The specific spelling you see here is one of the recognised forms. Different communities claim their own spelling, each one a signature of a tradition.

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