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Firouzeh Firouzeh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FEER-oo-zeh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Turquoise (Persian foundational + Firoozeh Dumas memoirist)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "turquoise (persian foundational + firoozeh dumas memoirist)".

Firouzeh is from the Persian فیروزه — turquoise (the gemstone). A modern American baby name in the broader Persian heritage aesthetic. Firouzeh is one of the foundational Persian feminine names — central to traditional Persian gemstone naming alongside Yas (jasmine), Mahsa (moonlike), and Roxana (dawn). Turquoise is the foundational national gemstone of Iran — extracted from the foundational Neyshabur mines in northeastern Iran since at least 2000 BCE, making it one of the foundational gemstones in human history. Notable bearer: Firoozeh Dumas (born 1965) — Iranian-American memoirist, author of the foundational Funny in Farsi (2003) and Laughing Without an Accent (2008) — widely considered foundational works of Iranian-American immigrant literature. Foundational Persian feminine name in modern Iranian diaspora.

Featured throughout Persian heritage.

Turquoise (Persian). Foundational Persian gemstone name + Iran's national gemstone + Neyshabur mines (since 2000 BCE) + Firoozeh Dumas (Funny in Farsi + Laughing Without an Accent).

The name in its native script.

فیروزه
Transliteration
Firouzeh
Pronunciation
/ ˈfiːr.uː.zɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Firouzeh stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Firouzeh · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Firouzehs before her.

Real people
Firoozeh Dumas
Iranian-American memoirist + Funny in Farsi.
born 1965
In fiction
Firouzeh
Persian turquoise.

Names connected to Firouzeh.

The number behind Firouzeh.

6

The Nurturer

Firouzeh reduces to six.

Why families chose this name.

"Persian turquoise. Eight letters. Firouzeh."
Soraya · Mother of one · Tehran