Given name & surname
Umar
“one who is thriving; prosperous”
Umar is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is thriving; prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is thriving; prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar); its root is Arabic ع م ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Umar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,205
- 3,205 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 180 babies
- 2025
- 180
- #1,164 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 180 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,164 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,107 as a first name in 2020; 1,283 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.
Umar’s family of names
In English usage, Umar shares an earlier linguistic root with Omar. Umar has a related form in Umer. Umar has a related form in Umare.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Umar
- Omar KhayyamPersian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
- Umar ibn Abd al-AzizUmayyad caliph from 717 to 720681–720
- Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ahpoet644–712
- Umar Shaikh Mirza IIHis son was Jahiruddin Mahmud Babur1456–1494
- Umar Shaikh Mirza ITimurid prince, son of Timur1354–1394
- Umar Wirahadikusumah4th Vice President of Indonesia (1983–1988)1924–2003
- Umar EshmurodovUzbekistani footballerborn 1992
- Umar ibn HafsunAl-Andalusian rebel political and military leader (c. 850 – 917)
- Umar GhalibSomali politician (1930–2020)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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