Timur (given name)

Timur
GenderMale
LanguageAdyghe: Тимур
Azerbaijani: Teymur
Chechen: Тимур
Georgian: თემურ
Ingush: Темар
Kazakh: Темiр, Темур, Тимур
Kazakh Latin: Temir
Mongolian: Төмөр, ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ
Old Turkic: Temür
Ossetian: Тимур
Russian: Тимур
Tatar: Тимур
Turkish: Timur, Temur
Ukrainian: Тимур
Uzbek: Temur
Origin
Word/nameOld Turkic or Ancient Mongolian
Meaning"Iron"
Other names
Related namesTaimur, Temur, Temür, Temir, Teymur, Tömör Tamerlan, Tymour, Damir, Demir

Timur is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means iron. It is a cognate of the Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to east, and symbolizes hope by the rising sun.

Timur (Russian: Тиму́р) is also a popular name for boys in post-Soviet states, due in part to its usage in the novel Timur and His Squad by Arkady Gaidar.

Notable people with the given name include:

Rulers

  • Timur (1336–1405), Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane
  • Timur II, real name Neku Siyar (1679–1723), a de facto Mughal emperor
  • Timur Shah Durrani (1746–1793), an Afghan ruler

Modern world

See also

  • Temur, a list of people with the given name
  • Taimur, a list of people with the given name or surname
  • Timofey

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