Teimuraz (name) explained

Teimuraz
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	Strong-bodied
Origin:	Persian

Teimuraz (Georgian: თეიმურაზ, also spelled Teymuraz, Taimuraz or Taymuraz) is a Georgian male name which derives from the Persian Tahmuras, a figure in Iranian mythology who appears as the "third shah of the world" in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.

Notable people with the name include:

Rulers, politicians and ambassadors

• Teimuraz Bagrationi
• Teimuraz of Imereti
• Teimuraz I of Kakheti
• Teimuraz II of Kakheti, known as Teimuraz II of Georgia
• Taymuraz Mamsurov, head of Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
• Teimuraz Ramishvili, Russian diplomat

Sportsmen

• Gagamaru Masaru, sumo wrestler from Georgia, born as Teimuraz Jugheli
• Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
• Teymuraz Gongadze, Georgian football player
• Teimuraz Kakulia, tennis player and Soviet/Georgian tennis coach
• Teimuraz Sharashenidze, Georgian football player
• Taimuraz Tigiyev, Kazakhstani wrestler