Omar

Omar meaning

Omar (عمر) is a Muslim and international boy's name of Arabic origin.

From ʿ-m-r: ʿumr, 'life, lifetime'; ʿamira, 'he lived long'

Also used to mean: long-lived, flourishing

Omar (عمر), in Arabic ʿUmar, is built on the root ʿ-m-r, for which Lane gives ʿamira, "he lived long", and ʿumr, "life, lifetime". The related ʿumur, "a lifetime", occurs in the Quran at 10:16. Lane has no entry for the proper name itself, so its meaning is the root sense. Name lists today give Omar as "long-lived" or "flourishing". Both rest on the root: living long is its first sense, and Lane uses "flourishing" of a place that is lived in and cultivated. The name's great bearer is ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph (634–644), who introduced the Hijri calendar and was the first to take the title "commander of the faithful". The Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) is another famous bearer.

Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 5, p. 2153–2155 · entry ʿumr (عُمْرٌ), root ʿ-m-r · See the entry
In the Quran: 10:16 (ʿumur (عُمُرًا)) · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon, ʿumr (عُمْرٌ), pp. 2153–2155 · Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon, ʿāmir (عامر), 'in a flourishing state' · Quran 10:16 · Britannica, Umar I · Britannica, Omar Khayyam

Famous namesakes

• ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph (634–644)
• Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet

Popularity abroad

• #260 United States, boys 2025 (same as 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #157 England and Wales, boys 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Omar · Umar

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