Given name
Taimur
“one who is timid”
In English use, Taimur has a related form in Timur. One African interpretation is “one who is timid.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Taimur has a related form in Timur. One African interpretation is “one who is timid.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Taimur has a related form in Timur. An origin associated with Timur is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taimur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 143 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,832 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,832 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 289 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taimur’s family of names
In English usage, Taimur has a related form in Timur.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Taimur
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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