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Omar

Omar: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“flourishing, long-lived”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
oh-MAR · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Umar, from a root associated with life and longevity. Omar is a common transliteration and is also the form used in Spanish-speaking contexts.

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How popular is Omar?

2024404 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Omar in 20241,343

2024 rank#260 boys

Peak year2007

Total US babies since 1880105,556

Omar has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Omar

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic
  • Zaynebeauty, grace · Arabic

Omar questions

What does the name Omar mean?

Omar means "flourishing, long-lived". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Umar, from a root associated with life and longevity. Omar is a common transliteration and is also the form used in Spanish-speaking contexts.

Is Omar a boy or girl name?

Omar is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Omar?

1,343 US babies were named Omar in 2024. Its peak year was 2007.

How do you pronounce Omar?

Omar is usually pronounced oh-MAR.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.