Timur (name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Adyghe: 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/name | Old Turkic or Ancient Mongolian |
| Meaning | "Iron" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir, Teymur, Tömör Tamerlan, Damir, Demir |
Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir, Teymur or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means iron. It is a cognate of the Bosnian and 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 name include:
People with the given name
Historical
- Möngke Temür (d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde
- Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
- Temür Khan (r. 1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty
- Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (r. 1328–1332)
- Toghon Temür (r. 1333–1370)
- Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (r. 1378–1388)
- Yesün Temür (r. 1323–1328)
- Öljei Temür Khan, (r. 1408–1412)
- Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general
- Timur (1336–1405), a Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane.
- Timur II real name Neku Siyar (b. 1679 – d. 1723) was a (De facto) Mughal emperor.
- Bayan Temür (King Gongmin of Goryeo)
- Khan Temir (d. 1637), a Budjak Nogais ruler
- Timur Shah Durrani (1746–1793), an Afghan ruler
- Tughlugh Timur (d.1363), khan of the Chagatai Khanate/Moghulistan
Modern
- Temur Babluani (born 1948), a Georgian film director
- Timur Beg, (1886-1933), a Uyghur rebel leader
- Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh film and advertisement director
- Timur Bekmansurov, Russian school shooter
- Timur Bilyalov, (born 1995) Russian hockey player (goaltender)
- Timur Dibirov (born 1983), a Russian handball player
- Timur Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer
- Timur Frunze, Russian fighter pilot
- Timur Gareev, Uzbekistani chess player
- Timur Ibragimov, Uzbekistani boxer
- Temur Iakobashvili (born 1967), Georgian politician and diplomat
- Temur Juraev (born 1984), Uzbekistani football player
- Timur Kapadze, Uzbekistani footballer
- Temur Ketsbaia (born 1968), Georgian football player and manager
- Timur Kuran, American academic
- Timur Yunusov, Russian singer
- Timur Miroshnychenko, a Ukrainian TV presenter
- Timur Mutsurayev (born 1976), Chechen singer and bard
- Timur Taymazov (born 1970), a Ukrainian weightlifter
- Timur Kulibayev, Kazakh billionaire
- Teimour Radjabov (born 1987), an Azerbaijani chess player
- Timur Rodriguez, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality
- Timur Selçuk, Turkish musician
- Timur Tekkal, German rugby union player
- Timur Yanyali, Turkish footballer
- Taimur bin Faisal, (1886-1965), Sultan of Muscat and Oman (ruled from 1913 until his abdication in 1932)
Surname
- Timur (disambiguation)
- Amur and Timur, a tiger and goat in Russia
- Aysegul Timur, American academic administrator
- Bar Timor (born 1992), Israeli basketball player
- Daramyn Tömör-Ochir
- Minarti Timur, Chinese-Indonesian badminton player
- Mahmut Temür, (born 1989) a German football player