Tawus

While the name Tawus itself does not appear in the Quranic text, the peacock holds significant symbolic value in Islamic tradition and Sufi literature as a creature of paradise.

Tawus ibn Kaysan al-Yamani (d. 106 AH) was a prominent Tabi'i, hadith narrator, and scholar from Yemen, respected in early Islamic history.

In Sufi mysticism, the peacock (Tawus) represents the soul's immortality, divine beauty, and the resurrection, often associated with the splendor of the divine presence.

It is both; the word entered Persian from Arabic, and the Turkish form 'Tavus' shares the same etymology, making it a Turko-Persian name.

Traditionally masculine, though the feminine form 'Tawusa' or 'Tavus' exists in some dialects, it remains primarily a boy's name.