{{Short description|Temur Ansari}} {{Infobox given name2 | image = | caption = | name = Timur | pronunciation = | gender = Male | region = | meaning = "Iron" | shortform = | language = Adyghe: Тимур<br/>{{langx|az|Teymur}}<br/>{{langx|ce|Тимур}}<br/>{{lang-ka|თემურ}}<br/>{{langx|inh|Темар}}<br/>{{langx|kk|Темiр, Темур, Тимур}}<br/>Kazakh Latin: Temir<br/>{{langx|mn|Төмөр}}, {{mongolUnicode|ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ}}<br/>Old Turkic: Temür<br/>Ossetian: Тимур<br/>{{langx|ru|Тимур}}<br/>{{langx|tt-Cyrl|Тимур}}<br/>Turkish: Timur, Temur<br/>{{langx|uk|Тимур}}<br/>{{langx|uz|Temur}} |origin=Old Turkic or Ancient Mongolian | related names = Taimur, Temur, Temür, Temir, Teymur, Tömör Tamerlan, Tymour, Damir, Demir }}

'''Timur''' is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means ''iron''. It is a cognate of the Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to ''east'', and symbolizes hope by the rising sun.

Timur ({{langx|ru|Тиму́р}}) is also a popular name for boys in post-Soviet states, due in part to its usage in the novel ''Timur and His Squad'' by Arkady Gaidar.

Notable people with the given name include:

==Rulers== * Timur (1336–1405), Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane * Timur II, real name Neku Siyar (1679–1723), a de facto Mughal emperor * Timur Shah Durrani (1746–1793), an Afghan ruler

==Modern world== * Timur Beg (1886–1933), Uyghur rebel leader * Timur Bekmambetov (born 1961), Kazakh film and advertisement director * Timur Bekmansurov, Russian school shooter * Timur Bilyalov (born 1995), Russian hockey goaltender * Timur Dibirov (born 1983), Russian handball player * Timur Dzhabrailov (born 1973), Russian footballer * Timur Faizutdinov (2001–2021), Russian ice hockey defenseman * Timur Frunze, Russian fighter pilot * Timur Gareev (born 1988), Uzbekistani chess player * Timur Ibragimov (born 1975), Uzbekistani boxer * Timur Kapadze (born 1981), Uzbekistani footballer * Timur Kulibayev (born 1966), Kazakh billionaire * Timur Kuran (born 1954), American economist and political scientist * Timur Mindich (born 1979), Ukrainian-Israeli entrepreneur and film producer * Timur Miroshnychenko, a Ukrainian TV presenter * Timur Mutsurayev (born 1976), Chechen singer and bard * Timur Naniev (born 1994), Russian weightlifter * Timur Pradopo (born 1955), Chief of the Indonesian National Police * Timur Rodriguez, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality * Timur Selçuk (1946–2020), Turkish musician * Timur Taymazov (born 1970), Ukrainian weightlifter * Timur Tekkal (born 1981), German rugby union footballer * Timur Yanyali (born 1975), Turkish footballer * Timur Yunusov, Russian singer

== See also == * Temur, a list of people with the given name * Taimur, a list of people with the given name or surname * Timofey

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