Teimuraz ( ka, თეიმურაზ, also spelled as Teymuraz, Taimuraz or Taymuraz) is a Georgian male name derived from the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Tahmuras Tahmuras or Tahmures ( fa, تهمورث ,طهمورث, ; from Avestan ''Taxma Urupi'', meaning ''strong fox'') was the third Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Iran (Persia) according to Ferdowsi's epic poem, the ''Shahnameh''. He is considere ...

, a name of the legendary "third

shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

of the world" according to Ferdowsi’s ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

''. Notable people with the name include:

Rulers, politicians and ambassadors

* Teimuraz Bagrationi *

Teimuraz of Imereti Teimuraz ( ka, თეიმურაზი) (died c. 1768), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was King of Imereti (western Georgia) from 1766 to 1768. A son of Prince Mamuka, sometime claimant to the crown of Imereti, he was enthroned by the Ottoman gov ...

Teimuraz I of Kakheti Teimuraz I ( ka, თეიმურაზ I) (1589–1663), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a Georgian monarch who ruled, with intermissions, as King of Kakheti from 1605 to 1648 and also of Kartli from 1625 to 1633. The eldest son of David I and ...

Teimuraz II of Kakheti Teimuraz II ( ka, თეიმურაზ II) (1680/1700–1762) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, from 1732 to 1744, then of Kartli from 1744 until his death. Teimuraz was also a lyric poet. Life He was a son ...

, known as Teimuraz II of Georgia *

Taymuraz Mamsurov Taymuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov (russian: Таймура́з Дзамбе́кович Мамсу́ров, os, Мамсыраты Дзамбеджы фырт Таймураз, Mamsyraty Dzambejy fyrt Taymuraz; b. April 13, 1954 in Beslan) is t ...

, head of Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia * Teimuraz Ramishvili, Russian diplomat

Sportsmen

* Gagamaru Masaru, sumo wrestler from Georgia, born as Teimuraz Jugheli *

Teymuraz Gabashvili Teymuraz Besikovich Gabashvili ( rus, Теймураз Бесикович Габашвили, , tɛɪ̯mʊˈraz ɡəbɐˈʂvʲilʲɪ; born 23 May 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 ...

, Russian tennis player * Teymuraz Gongadze, Georgian football player *

Teimuraz Kakulia Teimuraz Kakulia ( ka, თეიმურაზ კაკულია, tr, ; 26 April 1947, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR — 25 August 2006, Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Soviet tennis player and Soviet/Georgian tennis coach. Tennis career Teimuraz Kakulia s ...

, tennis player and Soviet/Georgian tennis coach * Teimuraz Sharashenidze, Georgian football player *

Taimuraz Tigiyev Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian-Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of Ossetian origin. He initially won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of h ...

, Kazakhstani wrestler {{given name Georgian masculine given names Masculine given names