Filiz
Filiz is a Turkish female first name and family name meaning "the scion", "the bud".
Origin and meaning
The first name Filiz is derived from the Greek word Fylisa and means something like leaflet, small fresh branch, sprout, germ, "the bud", "the sprout", "rising sprout of a plant / flower", "the sprout".
Name bearers
First name
- Filiz Akın (* 1943), Turkish actress
- Filiz Demirel (* 1964), German-Turkish local politician
- Filiz Hyusmenova (* 1966), Bulgarian politician of Turkish origin
- Filiz Koç (* 1986), Turkish soccer player, model and actress
- Filiz Koçali (* 1958), Turkish politician, journalist and feminist
- Filiz Osmanodja (* 1996), German chess player
- Filiz Penzkofer (* 1985), German-Turkish author, journalist and theater pedagogue
- Filiz Polat (* 1978), German politician of Turkish origin
- Filiz Sarikaya ( Ebru Polat; * 1983), Turkish pop singer
- Filiz Yerlikaya (1971–2002), Turkish-Kurdish activist
family name
- Atalay Filiz (* 1986), Turkish triple murderer
- Azad Filiz (* 1991), Turkish soccer player