Fun Facts About the Name Taimoor
- 76 babies named Taimoor: U.S. records list 76 babies given the name Taimoor from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Taimoor Mean?
Taimoor is a variant of the Turkic name Timur, whose established meaning is iron. The name comes from the Turkic word temür, meaning "iron," a form related to Turkish demir. It passed into Persian as Tīmūr (تیمور) and then into Arabic-script usage as Taymūr (تيمور). In South Asian romanization the name is commonly written Taimoor, Taimur, or Timoor. The literal sense is "iron"; later symbolic readings that connect the name with strength or endurance are interpretations of that meaning, not a separate etymology.
Taimoor Name History & Origins
The name is closely associated with Timur (1336 - 1405), a Turco-Mongol conqueror from the Barlas tribe in Central Asia. His Turkic name Temür was rendered in Persian as Tīmūr. A leg injury led Persian writers to call him Tīmūr-i Lang, "Timur the Lame," which entered European languages as Tamerlane. Timur founded the Timurid Empire, and his descendants, including Babur, later established the Mughal dynasty in India. Through the Persianate world of Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia, the name Timur and its romanized variant Taimoor were used among Muslim communities. The spelling Taimoor reflects a South Asian transliteration of the Persian and Arabic script form; Taimur, Taymur, and Timur are other romanizations. Later bearers include Taimur Shah Durrani (1748 - 1793), who ruled the Durrani Empire, and Taimur bin Feisal (1888 - 1965), Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
How Popular is the Name Taimoor?
Taimoor has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #8,217 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,831 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,729 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #10,664 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,217 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,748 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,637 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,668 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #13,845 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,631 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #12,274 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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