# Temujin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/temujin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “blacksmith” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 63 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin). Possibly from Proto-Turkic *temürči(n) (“blacksmith”).

## What it means

Temujin is grouped under smith.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | 4,941 |
| 1973 | 6 | 5,025 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,765 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,378 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14,039 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,120 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,951 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,506 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,609 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,880 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,969 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 鐵木真 /铁木真
- French: Temujin
- Polish: Temudżyn
- Turkish: Timuçin
- Vietnamese: Thiết Mộc Chân

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.