Timor (first name)
Timor is a male name . The first name was derived directly from the Latin timor 'fear of God' in use in the 16th century . The reappearance in the 20th century is probably a variant of Timur .
Timor is also the name of a Southeast Asian group of islands, the name of which goes back to the Indonesian term timur 'east' .
Name bearer
- Timor Taimuras Kasarashvili (* 1959), Soviet wrestler of Georgian descent
- Timor Avitan (born November 27, 1991), Israeli footballer
- Timor, character from the fairy tale film "Frau Holle" (2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim: Lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of over 8000 first names . 7th edition. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-411-04947-9 .