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Tibor

“from the sacred place”

Tibor is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “from the sacred place.” Its derivation is not certain.

Original LatinTiberius

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One Slavic interpretation is “from the sacred place.” Its derivation is not certain.

Where it comes from

A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.

How it developed

In Cebuano usage, Tibor is a diminutive of TIBURCIO. In Slovak usage, Tibor developed from Tiberius.

The story

The name’s historical associations include the second Roman emperor and a martyr.

Tibor through the years

Babies since 1880: 215; 215 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year: 1960; 17 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Tibor in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1956–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,152 as a first name in 2020; 325 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.

Tibor’s family of names

In Cebuano usage, Tibor is a diminutive of TIBURCIO. In Slovak usage, Tibor developed from the Latin form Tiberius. In Hungarian usage, Tibor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tiberius.

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Tibor has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Tyborlikely spelling

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Tibor

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