Onkar
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning the sound om; sacred syllable.
Onkar by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Onkar. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Onkar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Oskardivine spear; variant of Oscar121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Omkarom sound; sacred syllable11 in the US (2017)
- Oscardeer lover; God's spear2,798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Osmarfamous god; form of Osmer61 in the US (2017)
- Oumarlong-lived or life; form of Umar5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Onealdescendant of the champion; related to O'Neill6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Onkar, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Onkar
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