Taimoor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tye-MOOR
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Taimoor is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “iron”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Taimoor mean?
Turkish: South Asian spelling of Timur, from Turkic temur
“iron”
Timur, or Tamerlane, was the 14th-century Central Asian conqueror whose descendants founded the Mughal Empire.
Is Taimoor a girl's or a boy's name?
Taimoor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taimoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Taimoor, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Taimoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Taimoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Taimoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir Muhammad Musa Umar Zayd Zayaan Raheem Zayyan Hakeem Huzaifa Hamza Zayan
Names related to Taimoor
More Turkish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taimoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taimoor, updated 20 October 2026.