Oma

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ouma in KE Kenya, ZA South Africa, MA Morocco and 3 more and Omae in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oma is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name36K records spelled Oma12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Bangladesh, Canada

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Sinhala

  Also written ওমা, Öma, Òma, Ômä

• Arabic given name4.9K records spelled Oma59 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Oman, United States, Syria, Egypt

  Languages: Arabic, Spanish, English

  Also written Oman, Uman, Umán, Öman, Oeman

• a separate given name2.6K records spelled Oma3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Ọma, Ōma

• Indonesian given name2.1K records spelled Oma4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Nigeria

  Also written Õmă, Omä, Õmã

• Finnish given name2.0K records spelled Oma9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, India, Nigeria

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Õmä, Öma, Ômä, Õmā, Omã

• Norwegian given name1.8K records spelled Oma8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark

  Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Õmã, Omã, Ömä

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Oma is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• life giving; friend; helper; protector

  as a name·The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys

• In German, grandma

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of German

• In Māori, run, race, flee, escape, move quickly, run away

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, mood (mental or emotional state)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In huu, brother-in-law (to a female)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 115 years between 1880–2018. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Oma Mäkikossab. 1903FIFinnish writer
• Oma Väyrynenb. 1914FIFinnish poet

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 356 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oma?

We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Oma (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Oma have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.8 thousand people bear Oma in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled oma.

Where is Oma most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Oma is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 4.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Oma compared with other names?

In Guyana, Oma is the 529th most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Oma a male or female name?

Oma is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Oma mean?

Recorded meaning: A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.