Timur (name)

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 (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:

Historical

 * Möngke Temür (d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde
 * Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
 * Temür Khan (r. 1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty
 * Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (r. 1328–1332)
 * Toghon Temür (r. 1333–1370)
 * Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (r. 1378–1388)
 * Yesün Temür (r. 1323–1328)
 * Öljei Temür Khan, (r. 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. 1679 – d. 1723) was a (De facto) Mughal emperor.
 * Bayan Temür (King Gongmin of Goryeo)
 * Khan Temir (d. 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