Given name · also Middle Mongol
Temujin
“blacksmith”
Temujin is a given name from Middle Mongol, ultimately from Proto-Turkic.
Original TurkishTimuçin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Temujin goes back to Proto-Turkic *temürči, meaning “blacksmith.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Temujin comes from Middle Mongol, and ultimately from Proto-Turkic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ, from Proto-Turkic *temürči (“blacksmith”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Temujin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 63 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Temujin’s family of names
In English usage, Temujin has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Temudżyn. In English usage, Temujin has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Thiết Mộc Chân. In English usage, Temujin has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Timuçin.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Temujin has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Turkish roots to each of them.
Turkishwhere Temujin comes from · 1 name
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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