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Umar

Umar: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

From Arabic ʿUmar, related to life and flourishing. Well known from Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Rashidun caliph.

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How popular is Umar?

202454.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Umar in 2024179

2024 rank#1,162 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,025

Umar is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Umar

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Umar questions

What does the name Umar mean?

Umar means "flourishing, long-lived". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic ʿUmar, related to life and flourishing. Well known from Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Rashidun caliph.

Is Umar a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Umar?

179 US babies were named Umar in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Umar?

Umar is usually pronounced OO-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.