Teimuraz (name)

Teimuraz (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