Umar
An Arabic-sounding name whose root reaches back to Hebrew for "flourishing, long-lived." It's rare in Poland: given only to a handful of boys a year, and most Poles have never met one.
Umar Pronunciation
Umar is pronounced OO-mahr (/ˈumar/).
What Umar means
Where Umar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Umar reaches Polish ears with an Arabic sound, and its most famous bearer, Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, fixed it firmly in that world. The older thread runs back to Hebrew, where the name is read as flourishing, long-lived. The book of Genesis lists an Omar among the descendants of Esau, and that Hebrew root sits behind the same idea of a life that grows and lasts.
In Arabic the sound gathered a second meaning around it, close to life itself, and the two senses agree. Both point toward length of days. The name has no Polish diminutive, no softened variant. It stands as it is.
On a class register in a Polish school it looks brief, four letters, easy to read aloud. There is no name-day fixed for it in the calendar. What travels with it is the plain sense given long ago: żywy, długo żyjący, living and long-lived, a meaning old enough to predate the caliphs who made the name known.
How many people are named Umar
1 in 103622 men in Poland is named Umar. 206 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2194 among male names.
Umar's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1154 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Umar is most popular
Umar is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (11 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian11 boys born+510%
Umar as a middle name
Umar is a first name for 206 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 92/8 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2175th, between Titus (18) and Uğur (18).
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#2173 Tiger18
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#2174 Titus18
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#2175 Umar18
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#2176 Uğur18
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#2177 Việt18