Umar
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning long-lived, flourishing.
Umar by the numbers
In 2025, 214 babies in England and Wales were named Umar. In the US, 117 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 118 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Umar
Forms of Umar in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Umar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Umar
Names that are said the same way as Umar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Umayerlong-lived; a form of Umayr7 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean good luck
Like Umar, each of these has good luck in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chancefortune, luck; occupational name1,359 in the US (2017)
- Boonegood, favorable; from a surname334 in the US (2017)
- Antonworthy of praise; flourishing203 in the US (2017)
- Aymanblessed, fortunate, auspicious203 in England and Wales (2025)
- Virgilflourishing, virile96 in the US (2017)
- Shivauspicious; associated with the Hindu deity Shiva35 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Umar
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