Timur

Gender Masculine
Usage Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, Russian, History
Scripts Тимур(Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian) Төмөр(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced Pron. /tʲɪ.ˈmur/(Russian) /tɪ.ˈmʊɹ/(American English) /tɪ.ˈmʊə/(British English)  [key·simplify]
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as TİMUR in uppercase and timur in lowercase.

Meaning & History

From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Tīmūr e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.

Related Names

Roottemür
VariantsTemir(Kazakh) Temur(Uzbek) Demir(Turkish) Timour(History)
Other Languages & CulturesTsimur(Belarusian) Demir(Bosnian) Temur(Georgian) Timurs(Latvian) Temür(Medieval Turkic) Tymur(Ukrainian)

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Entry updated December 1, 2024