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فِرْدَوْس
Firdaus
fir-DAWS
“Paradise; the highest garden.”
About Firdaus
Firdaus is a Muslim baby child's name meaning "paradise; the highest garden" — an Arabic-Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
A word of ancient Persian origin, long naturalised in Arabic, meaning a walled garden — and, in religious usage, the highest level of paradise.
Masculine in South Asia, often feminine in Indonesia and Malaysia; Ferdows in Iran.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Persian
Gender
Either
Also spelled
Firdaws, Firdous, Ferdows, Firdausi
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Firdaus is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Firdaus
- What does the name Firdaus mean?
- Firdaus (فِرْدَوْس) means "Paradise; the highest garden". A word of ancient Persian origin, long naturalised in Arabic, meaning a walled garden — and, in religious usage, the highest level of paradise.
- Is Firdaus a name from the Qur'an?
- Firdaus does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Firdaus a boy or a girl name?
- Firdaus is a unisex name — it's given to both boys and girls across the Muslim world.
- Where does the name Firdaus come from?
- Firdaus is an Arabic-Persian name, built on the root letters F-R-D-S. Masculine in South Asia, often feminine in Indonesia and Malaysia; Ferdows in Iran.
- How is Firdaus spelled?
- Firdaus is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (فِرْدَوْس) is also written Firdaws, Firdous, Ferdows, and Firdausi. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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