Filiz is a common feminine
Turkish given name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...
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Turkish, "Filiz" means "Sprout", "Blossom" and/or "to Flower"; derived from the Greek word "fillís" (φυλλίς).
Given name
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Filiz Ahmet (born 1981), Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actress
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Filiz Akın
Filiz Akın (born Suna Akın, 2 January 1943 – 21 March 2025) was a Turkish actress, writer and television presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın had a large fan base in Turkey. Sh ...
(1943–2025), Turkish film actress, writer and television presenter
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Filiz Ali (born in 1937), Turkish pianist and musicologist
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Filiz Dinçmen (born 1939), First Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country
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Filiz Hyusmenova (born 1966), Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament
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Filiz İşikırık (born 1993), Turkish footballer
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Filiz Kadoğan (born 1982), Turkish shot putter
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Filiz Kocaman (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player
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Filiz Koç (born in 1986), Turkish-German footballer, model and sports reporter
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Filiz Koçali (born 1958), Turkish politician
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Filiz Polat
Filiz Polat (born 11 July 1978) is a German politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens.
Early years
Polat was born on 11 July 1978 in Bramsche, a town in Osnabrück District, Germany, to a Turks in Germany, Turkish physician father and a German r ...
(born 1978), Turkish-German politician
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Filiz Taçbaş
Filiz Taçbaş (born 1964) is a Turkish film and television series actress and former national tennis player.
Early life
Filiz Taçbaş was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1964. She is of Azerbaijani descent.
Already at age ten, she appeared as child ...
(born 1964), Turkish actress and former national tennis player
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Filiz Vural (born 1953), Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971
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Atalay Filiz
Atalay Filiz (born June 2, 1986) is a Turkish serial killer. He is held responsible for at least three murders, possibly for one in 2012, two in September 2013 and one in May 2016. A fugitive for more than two years, he was captured in June 2016. ...
(born 1986), Turkish murderer and fugitive
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