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Tamerlane
OriginTurkic, Mongol
Meaning"iron"
US RankUnranked
Below 5 births
About Tamerlane
This Westernized form of the name of an ancient Mongol warrior, remembered primarily today through the works of Christopher Marlowe and Edgar Allan Poe, runs the risk of sounding pompous and pretentious.
Pronounced TAM-ur-layn.
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- (Tamerlane) Lincoln Kennedy
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son of John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, brother of Bijou Phillips
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev
one of the Boston Marathon bombers
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