Filiz is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Filiz" means "Sprout", "Blossom" and/or "to Flower";^[1] derived from the Greek word "fillís" (φυλλίς).^[2]

Given name

• Filiz Ahmet (born 1981), Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actress
• Filiz Akın (born 1943), Turkish film actress
• Filiz Ali (born in 1937), Turkish pianist and musicologist
• Filiz Dinçmen (born 1939), First Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country
• Filiz Hyusmenova (born 1966), Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament
• Filiz İşikırık (born 1993), Turkish footballer
• Filiz Kadoğan (born 1982), Turkish shot putter
• Filiz Kocaman (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player
• Filiz Koç (born in 1986), Turkish-German footballer, model and sports reporter
• Filiz Koçali (born 1958), Turkish politician
• Filiz Polat (born 1978), Turkish-German politician
• Filiz Taçbaş (born 1964), Turkish actress and former national tennis player
• Filiz Vural, Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971

Surname

• Atalay Filiz, Turkish murderer and fugitive