Given name & surname
Demir
“iron”
Demir is a surname from Turkish. It is used in English, Turkish, and Albanian.
Original TurkishTimur
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,364
- 1,364 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 137 babies
- 2025
- 87
- #1,829 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 87 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,829 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida and New York and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 696 as a first name in 2020; 1,023 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Demir’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Demir shares an earlier linguistic root with Timur. In Greek usage, Demir is a transliteration of Δεμήρ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Demir
- Demir DemirkanTurkish musician (born 1972)
- Demir Ege TıknazTurkish association football player (born 2004)
- Demir GökgölTurkish-German actor (1937–2012)
- Demir DemirevBulgarian weightlifterborn 1984
- Demir AtasoyUkrainian-born Turkish swimmer (born 1987)
- Demir ElmaağaçlıTurkish archer (born 1990)
- Demir HotićBosnian association football playerborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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