Omar (name)

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Omar
Omar's name, the most famous bearer of this name.
Pronunciation
  • /ˈoʊmɑːr/
  • /ˈoʊmər/
  • Arabic: [ˈʕomar]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic, Hebrew, Germanic
Meaning'flourishing, long-lived' (Arabic) or 'wealthy, famous' (Germanic) or 'eloquent, gifted speaker' (Hebrew)
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Related namesMohammed, Abdulah, Ali, Ahmad, Khalid, Hamza, Ibrahim, Adam

Omar/Umar/Omer is a masculine given name that has different origins in Arabic, Hebrew and German.

Umar or Omar is a common name (

Umar ibn al-Khattab
(also spelled Omar, r. 634–644).

There was also a biblical figure by the name of Omer (Hebrew: אוֹמָר) in the Hebrew Bible, meaning 'eloquent' or 'gifted speaker'. Another similar Hebrew name is Omer (Hebrew: עומר), derived from 'sheaf' or 'bundle of grain'.

The name Ómar also became popular as a man's name in Iceland, and to a much lesser extent in Nordic countries.[1] The name can also be a variant of Ottomar or Othmar, a Germanic name consisting of elements *aud, meaning 'wealthy', and *mari, meaning 'fame'.[citation needed]

The name Omaar (أومار) is a Somali name, not a variant of Omar/Umar. It comes from the Somali word Oomaar which means 'hot steam from boiling pot'.[citation needed]

Given name

Omar

  • Omar I of Kanem, ruler of Kanem, Chad from 1372 to 1380
  • Omar I of the Maldives (died 1341), sultan of the Maldives from 1306 to 1341
  • Omar II of the Maldives (died 1484), sultan of the Maldives from 1480 to 1484
  • Omar Abdi, Somali-Canadian diplomat
  • Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
    (born 1960), Somali diplomat and politician; former prime minister of Somalia
  • Omar Abdul Rahman (academic) (born 1932), Malaysian academic and corporate figure
  • Omar Abdullah, Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir
  • Omar Abu-Riche
    (1910–1990), Syrian poet
  • Omar Ahmed, Kenyan boxer
  • Omar Alexander Cardenas (born 1995) American fugitive
  • Omar Arroyo (Mexican footballer) (born 1992)
  • Omar Atlas, former Venezuelan professional wrestler
  • Omar Ayuso (born 1998), Spanish actor
  • Omar Bakri Muhammad, Syrian Muslim militant who lived in the UK for 20 years and was later arrested as a terrorist
  • Omar Banos
    (born 1998, known professionally as Cuco), American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • Omar Barboza, Venezuelan politician
  • Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), former President of Sudan
  • Omar Benson Miller, American actor
  • Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967–2009)
  • Omar Bradley (1893-1981), American 5-star general, one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II
  • Omar Bradley (politician) (born 1958), mayor of Compton, California from 1993 until 2001
  • Omar Bravo, international Mexican football player
  • Omar Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Omar Bugiel (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
  • Omar Bundy, career United States Army officer and general
  • Omar B. Bunnell, American businessman and politician
  • Omar Camporese (born 1968), former professional tennis player
  • Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor
  • Omar Cisneros, Cuban hurdler
  • Omar D. Conger (1818–1898), American politician
  • Omar Craddock, American triple jumper
  • Omar Abdallah Dakhqan (died 2012), Jordanian politician
  • Omar de Jesús (born 1976), Ecuadorian footballer
  • Omar Diallo (born 1972), Senegalese football goalkeeper
  • Omar Doom, American actor
  • Omar Epps, American actor
  • Omar Espinosa, American musician
  • Omar Faruk Tekbilek
    (born 1951), Turkish virtuoso flutist and multi-instrumentalist
  • Omar Muhamoud Finnish
    , Somali faction leader based in Mogadishu
  • Omar Borkan Al Gala, Iraqi model, actor, and photographer
  • Omar Gonzalez (born 1988), American footballer
  • Omar Gooding, American actor
  • Omar López Guzmán
    (born 1989), Mexican footballer
  • Omar Hammayil (b. 1976/77), mayor of Al-Bireh in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories.
  • Umar ibn al-Khattab
    (r. 634–644), the second Rashidun caliph of Islam; father of the prophet Muhammad's wife Hafsa bint Umar
  • Omar ibn Said (1770–1864), West African/American scholar
  • Omar Infante, second baseman for the Kansas City Royals
  • Omar Khadr, Canadian youth controversially convicted under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 of murder in violation of the law of war and providing material support for terrorism
  • Omar Khairat (born 1949), Egyptian pianist & musician, founder of the Egyptian Conservatory institution
  • Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), Persian poet and scientist
  • Omar Kiam (1894-1954), American fashion and costume designer
  • Omar Lulu, Indian film director of Malayalam cinema
  • Omar Lye-Fook (known professionally as Omar, born 1968), British soul singer and musician
  • Omar Malik (born 1992), Norwegian footballer
  • Omar Mascarell, Spanish football player
  • Omar Haji Massale
    , commander of the Somali military
  • Orlando nightclub shooting
  • Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler
  • Omar Meña
    , Cuban track and field sprinter
  • Omar Miskawi (born 1935), Lebanese lawyer and politician
  • Omarr Morgan (born 1976), cornerback playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League
  • Omar Mukhtar
    , leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya
  • Omar Naber, Slovenian singer
  • Omar Yoke Lin Ong
    , co-founder of Malaysian Chinese Association, Malaysian Chinese who converted to Islam
  • Omar Pasha (1806–1871), Serbian or Croatian Ottoman general
  • Omar Pineiro
    (born 1997), American rapper
  • Omar Pinzón, Colombian backstroke swimmer
  • Omar Pound (1926–2010), British author, son of Dorothy Shakespear and Ezra Pound
  • Omar al-Qattan (born 1964), Palestinian-British film director and film producer
  • Ómar Ragnarsson, Icelandic media personality and activist for nature and environment
  • Omar Rodríguez-López, lead guitarist and composer of The Mars Volta and former guitarist of At the Drive-In
  • Omar Ali Saifuddin I (died 1795), Sultan of Brunei from 1762 until 1795
  • Omar Ali Saifuddin II (died 1852), Sultan of Brunei from 1829 to 1852
  • Omar Ali Saifuddien III (1914–1986), Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967
  • Omar Saidou Tall, 19th century West African political leader
  • Omar Samra, first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
  • Omar Al Saqqaf (1923–1974), Saudi Arabian diplomat and politician
  • Omar Sey (1941–2018), Gambian politician
  • Omar Sharif, Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor
  • Omar Sivori
    , former international Argentine and Italian football player
  • Omarr Smith (born 1977), American football defensive back for the San Jose SaberCats
  • Omar Suleiman (1936–2012), Egyptian politician and director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services (EGIS)
  • Omar Sy (born 1978), French actor
  • Omar Torrijos, Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981
  • Omar Vizquel, Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the Toronto Blue Jays
  • Omar Vrioni
    (fl. 1821), leading Ottoman figure in the Greek War of Independence
  • Omar Pasha Vrioni II
    (1839–1928), Albanian prime minister and diplomat
  • Omar Zepeda, Mexican race walker

Middle name

  • Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator
  • Abuzed Omar Dorda (1944–2022), prime minister of Libya from 1990 to 1994, and Libya's permanent representative to the U.N. from 1997 to 2003
  • El Omar Fardi (born 2002), French footballer
  • Gabriel Omar Batistuta
    , former international Argentine football player
  • Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere
    , Somali faction leader based in Jowhar
  • Sergio Omar Almirón
    , former international Argentine football player

Fictional characters

  • Omar, a mail carrier in Rubble & Crew
  • Omar ben Salaad, a sheikh in
    The Adventures of TinTin
  • Omar Little, a stick-up man with a strict moral code, in The Wire

Omer

Ómar

Ömer

Oumar

  • Oumar Barro (born 1974), Burkinabé (from Burkina Faso) footballer
  • Oumar Dieng (born 1972), Senegalese footballer
  • Oumar Diouck (born 1994), Senegalese-born Belgian footballer
  • Oumar Kalabane (born 1981), Guinean footballer
  • Oumar Loum (born 1973), Senegalese athlete who competes in the 200 metres
  • Oumar Mariko (born 1959), Malian doctor, politician and noted former student activist
  • Oumar Niasse (born 1990), Senegalese footballer
  • Oumar Sène (born 1959), former Senegalese football midfielder
  • Oumar Tchomogo (born 1978), Beninese football player
  • Oumarou Ganda (1935–1981), Nigerian director and actor

Umar

  • Abadir Umar Ar-Rida
    (fl. 13th century), Somali Sheikh and saint of Harar
  • Abû 'Umar ibn Sa'îd (died c. 1287), the last ra’îs of Manûrqa (1282–1287)
  • Al-Muzaffar Umar
    (died 1191), Ayyubid prince of Hama and a general of Saladin
  • Ghali Umar Na'Abba (born 1964), Nigerian businessman and politician
  • Umar Abdulmutallab
    , Nigerian al-Qaeda member known as the Christmas Bomber
  • Malik Umar Hayat Khan (1875–1944), soldier of the Indian Empire, one of the largest landholders in the Punjab, and an elected member of the Council of the State of India
  • Mifta al-Usta Umar (1935–2010), former Head of State of Libya from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990
  • Sanjar Umarov (born 1956), prominent Uzbek politician and businessman
  • Sitta Umaru Turay (born 1978), Sierra Leonean journalist and member of the editorial Board of the Sierra Express newspaper
  • Umar I
    , or Umar ibn al-Khattab (r. 634–644), the second Rashidun caliph of Islam; father of the prophet Muhammad's wife Hafsa bint Umar
  • Umar II
    , or Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (r. 717–720), Umayyad caliph
  • Umar al-Aqta, (fl. 830s–863), emir of Melitene
  • Umar Akmal, (born 1990) Pakistani cricketer
  • Umar Alisha (born 1966), 9th peethadhipathi of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham
  • Umar Arteh Ghalib
    (1930–2020), prominent Somali politician and a former prime minister of Somalia
  • Umar Bhatti (born 1984), Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
  • Umar Dimayev (1908–1972), Chechen musician
  • Umar Din (ruled 1526–1553), sultan of Adal
  • Umar Gul, (born 1984), Pakistani former cricketer
  • Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, or Umar II (r. 717–720), Umayyad caliph
  • Umar ibn Hafsun, 9th century leader of rebel forces in the Caliphate of Córdoba
  • Umar ibn al-Khattab
    , or Umar I (r. 634–644), the second Rashidun caliph of Islam; father of the prophet Muhammad's wife Hafsa bint Umar
  • Umar ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam, the son of the fourth Umayyad caliph Marwan I; ruled for less than a year in 684–685
  • Umar ibn Sa'ad
    (c. 620–680), one of the leaders of the troops who killed the prophet Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali in the Battle of Karbala in 680
  • Umar ibn Uthman, a son of the third caliph Uthman (r. 644–656)
  • Umar Johnson (born 1974), American Pan-Africanist
  • Umar Kayam (1932–2002), Indonesian sociologist
  • Umar Muhammad (born 1975), American football player
  • Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
    (1939–2001), prime minister of Libya from 1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990 and foreign minister from 1992 to 2000
  • Umar of Borno (died 1881), Sheikh of the Kanem-Bornu Empire
  • 2002 Bali Bombing
  • Umar Shaikh Mirza I (1356–1394), son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur
  • Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456–1494), Timurid king of Ferghana and father of Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire in India
  • Umar Tall
    (c. 1797–1864), West African scholar and military commander
  • Umar Wirahadikusumah (1924–2003), Vice-President of Indonesia from 1983 to 1988

Umaru

  • Umaru Bangura (born 1987), Sierra Leonean international footballer
  • Umaru Dikko (1936–2014), Nigerian politician
  • Umaru Mutallab (born 1939), played a major role in introducing Islamic banking into Nigeria
  • Umaru Pulavar (born 1642), Tamil Muslim poet
  • Umaru Rahman (born 1982), Sierra Leonean international footballer
  • Umaru Yar'Adua
    (1951–2010), the 2nd President of Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Other

  • Omarion (born 1984), American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer
  • Omarr Smith (born 1977), American football defensive back for the San Jose SaberCats
  • Oumarou Ganda (1935–1981), Nigerian director and actor
  • Umer Shareef (1955–2021), Pakistani stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor, writer, director and producer
  • Umur the Lion
    (died 1348), the Turkish Emir of Aydin from 1336 to 1344
  • Ymär Sali (1876–1951), Tatar entrepreneur in Finland
  • Ymär Daher (1910–1999), Tatar cultural worker in Finland

Surname

Omar

Omaar

Omer, Ömer

  • Abdisalam Omer
    , Somali economist and politician
  • Aihan Omer, Romanian handball coach
  • Atila Omer
    , American entrepreneur, co-founder of Collaborative Fusion

Oumar / Oumarou

  • Mamane Oumarou (born 1946), Nigerian political figure who served two brief periods as prime minister of Niger during the 1980s

Umar

  • Teuku Umar (c. 1854–1899), leader of Acehnese during the Aceh War
  • Yahya ibn Umar (died 864), Alid who rebelled against the Abbasid Caliphate

Omarova

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ómar". Nordic Names. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
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