Timur (name)

Temur
GenderMale
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/nameOld Turkic or Ancient Mongolian
Meaning"Iron"
Other names
Related namesTimur, 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:

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