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Tibor
How to Pronounce Tibor
Pronounced TEE-bor /ΛtiΛ.bΙΛr/Medium
Meaning: Tibor is a traditional Hungarian name from the Latin Tiburtius, meaning 'of Tibur', an ancient town near Rome now known as Tivoli. It is a long-established given name in Hungary.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Tibor is a traditional Hungarian boy's name from the Latin Tiburtius, meaning 'of Tibur', an ancient hill town near Rome now called Tivoli. It has long been a familiar name in Hungary. In American records it belongs to Hungarian American families and stayed rare, with a faint peak around nineteen-sixty. A boy named Tibor then is in his sixties today.
It has never been common in the wider United States, carried chiefly by families with Hungarian heritage. The name reads as clearly Central European and dignified.
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What does the name Tibor mean?
It is a Hungarian name from the Latin Tiburtius, meaning 'of Tibur', the ancient town now called Tivoli near Rome.
How do you pronounce Tibor?
It is said TEE-bor, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Tibor a boy or girl name?
Tibor is traditionally a boy's name in Hungary.
How popular is Tibor?
It has always been rare in the United States, carried mainly by Hungarian American families, with a faint peak around nineteen-sixty.