Timur (name) explained

Temur
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"Iron"
Language:	Adyghe Тимур Azerbaijani: Teymur Chechen: Тимур Georgian: თემურ Ingush: Темар Kazakh: Темiр, Темур, Тимур Kazakh Latin: Temir Mongolian: Төмөр, Old Turkic: Temür Ossetian: Тимур Russian: Тимур Tatar: Тимур Turkish: Timur, Temur Ukrainian: Тимур Uzbek: Temur
Origin:	Old Turkic or Ancient Mongolian
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 (1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty
  • Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (1328–1332)
  • Toghon Temür (1333–1370)
  • Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1378–1388)
  • Yesün Temür (1323–1328)
  • Öljei Temür Khan, (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. 1679d. 1723) was a (De facto) Mughal emperor.
• Bayan Temür (King Gongmin of Goryeo)
• Khan Temir (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, (d. 1933), a Uyghur rebel leader
• Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh film and advertisement director
• 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

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

See also

• Timofey
• Turkmens people
• Hazaras people
• Mughal Empire
• East Timor