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[Opinions] Timur
This name's been on my mind lately.WDYT of the name Timur? Do you think it's usable in a Western country?

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I like it. Its rough without being clipped and very handsome. I use the Russian pronunciation which I don't think would be too difficult in the Western world.
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I like it; it has a solid ring to it. I have a friend named Timur who lives in Kazakhstan (where the name is fairly common). I tend to pronounce it the Russian way, "tyi-MOOR", though I wish I knew how to pronounce it in Kazakh and other Central Asian languages. The variants Temir and Temür are pleasing, too.

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I went to school with someone named Timurbek, he told me that the -bek part was a common addition to names from his country and that his name originally was Timur. It's not a name that I would use, but I don't mind it. It's fairly easy to spell and pronounce, and he went by Tim all the time anyway.

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Probably not. I don't think people could pronounce it. Its a nice name though
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