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Meaning & History
In Arabic, this name can basically mean "as ferocious as a lion" (compare Asad) as well as "perceptive, perspicacious".Known bearers of this name include the 10th-century Arabic prince and poet Abu Firas al-Hamdani and the Syrian soccer player Firas Al-Khatib (b. 1983).