Given name & surname

Timar

Timar is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Timar comes from Hungarian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hungarian tímár.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Timar through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2001
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Timar in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 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.

Timar’s family of names

In Greek usage, Timar as a surname is a transliteration of Τιμάρ.

Walk Timar’s family in the name graph

TimarΤιμάρTimarr

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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.

Similar names

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Kasson

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Taha

“the firstborn child”

40UncommonRising

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Sibling ideas

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