Timur
loc · Indonesian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Timur is a name, most frequently recorded in Türkiye. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and Malay, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: east.
- TRTürkiye1 in 219K◐
- KZKazakhstan1 in 28K
- GEGeorgia1 in 71K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈755 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 102 ●
- 1 in 28K ◐
across 5 countries
recorded for this name
76K records
Official registry-verified
Kazakhstan
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Тимур in KZ Kazakhstan, AZ Azerbaijan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more, Timür in TR Türkiye and Ტიმურ in GE Georgia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
east
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | 1,407 | 70K rec. | — | — | Timür | 72 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | 694△ | 262 rec. | 1 in 28K | 27K | Тимур | 15 |
| GE Georgia | 354 | 105 rec. | — | 225 | Ტიმურ | 22 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | 319 | 87 rec. | — | — | Тимур | 5 |
| IN India | 80 | 17 rec. | — | — | Timur | 5 |
| RU Russia | 70 | 963 rec. | — | #54 | Тимур | 38 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | 53 | 10 rec. | — | — | Timur | 4 |
| EG Egypt | 32 | 19 rec. | — | — | Timur | 15 |
| NL Netherlands | 26 | 211 rec. | 1 in 665K | 262 | — | 17 |
| CH Switzerland | 16 | 122 rec. | 1 in 525K | 16 | — | 14 |
| PL Poland | 14 | — | 1 in 2.7M | 2.6K | — | — |
| AE United Arab Emirates | 7 | 100 rec. | — | — | Timur | 49 |
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Languages●
- Indonesian4.4M81%
- Malay25K1%
- Chinese5681%
- Arabic1121%
- English951%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesian | 4,421,674 | 81% |
| Malay | 25,167 | 1% |
| Chinese | 568 | 1% |
| Arabic | 112 | 1% |
| English | 95 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Timur is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, east (compass point)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Turkish: iron.
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In German, in Deutschland seit den i96oer-Jahren vorkommender männl. Vom. nach dem mittelasiatischen Eroberer Timur i Leng, im
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In ckv, south wind
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In jmd, east, eastward, east monsoon; the Tanimbarese on the east coast of Yamdena island
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 8 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 21 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 33 |
| 2011 | 34 |
| 2012 | 44 |
| 2013 | 39 |
| 2014 | 26 |
| 2015 | 42 |
| 2016 | 51 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 39 |
| 2020 | 38 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 49 |
| 2023 | 49 |
| 2024 | 51 |
| 2025 | 50 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 44 years between 1969–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Timurb. 1336UZthe founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
- Timur Shah Durranib. 1746IREmir of Afghanistan (1746 , 1793)
- Timur Gaidarb. 1926RURussian admiral (1926–1999)
- Timur Bekmambetovb. 1961KZRussian film director
- Timur Vermesb. 1967DEGerman author
- Timur Rodriguezb. 1979RUComedian and singer
- Timur Acarb. 1979TRTurkish actor (born 1979)
- Timatib. 1983RUnot in their usual nameRussian rapper
- Timur Miroshnychenkob. 1986UAUkrainian television presenter
- Timur Safinb. 1992UZRussian fencer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 64 sources across 35 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 240 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Timur?
- We estimate roughly 755 people bear Timur (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Timur have the most bearers?
- Timur is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled timür.
- Where is Timur most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Timur is densest in Kazakhstan — about 1 in 28 thousand people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Timur mean?
- Recorded meaning: east
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Timur”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.