Ömer
A Turkish name meaning "long-lived, flourishing". Only about 500 men in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Ömer Pronunciation
Ömer is pronounced ÖMER (/ömɛr/).
What Ömer means
Where Ömer comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ömer is the Turkish form of a name that traveled in from Arabic, where it connects to the root for life and long life. The short sense gathered around it is long-lived, flourishing. That association sits close to the word itself, not grafted on from somewhere distant.
The name has carried real people. Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph, stands behind the Arabic Omar. In Turkish letters, Ömer Seyfettin (1884-1920) shaped the modern short story before dying young, his name outlasting the span he was given.
On a Polish class register, Ömer marks a family with Turkish ties. The spelling keeps its dotted vowel, ö, which Polish does not use. A teacher reading the list meets it once and remembers it.
To wish long life on a child is old. The meaning long-lived, flourishing holds that wish plainly.
How many people are named Ömer
1 in 42020 men in Poland is named Ömer. 508 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1309 among male names.
Ömer's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Ömer as a middle name
Ömer is a first name for 508 men in Poland and a middle name for another 20, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2033rd, between Zorian (20) and Abiodun (19).
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#2031 Yitzhak20
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#2032 Zorian20
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#2033 Ömer20
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#2034 Abiodun19
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#2035 Aguilar19