Given name & surname
Umer
“one who is thriving; prosperous”
Umer is a variant of Umar. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is thriving; prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Umer is a variant of Umar. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is thriving; prosperous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Umer is a variant of Umar. An origin associated with Umar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Umer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 380
- 380 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 881 as a first name in 2020; 594 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Umer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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