Given name & surname
Omer
“a flourishing man; one who is well-spoken”
Omer is a variant of Omar. One Arabic interpretation is “a flourishing man; one who is well-spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Omer is a variant of Omar. One Arabic interpretation is “a flourishing man; one who is well-spoken.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Omer is a variant of Omar. An origin associated with Omar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Frankish *Audamār, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Omer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,923
- 8,856 boys · 67 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 239 babies
- 2025
- 70
- #2,103 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 70 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,103 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 234 in 1918. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,770 as a first name in 2020; 3,347 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Omer’s family of names
In French usage, Omer shares a linguistic root with the German form Otmar. Omer has a related form in Omar. In French usage, Omer has a conventional equivalent in the English form Homer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Omer has relatives in 9 languages.
13 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HomerEnglish
- Ottomarcognate · German
- Othmarcognate · German
- Ottmarcognate · German
- AlmarIcelandic
- Aumérinefeminine form · French
- Omérinefeminine form · French
- Ademarocognate · Italian
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People named Omer
- Omer BartovIsraeli-American historian (1954-)
- Omer BerizikyMalagasy Prime Ministerborn 1950
- Omer DamariIsraeli footballerborn 1989
- SopranoFrench rapper, singer and songwriterborn 1979
- Omer AtziliIsraeli footballerborn 1993
- Omer GolanIsraeli footballerborn 1982
- Omer AdamAmerican-Israeli singerborn 1993
- Omer Bar-LevIsraeli politicianborn 1953
- Omer GoldsteinIsraeli cyclistborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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