Omer

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Omar in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, US United States and 17 more, Ömer in TR Türkiye, DE Germany, Умар in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and Omari in TZ Tanzania, KE Kenya.

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 20 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◐

Omer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name7.8K records spelled Omer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, United States, Ethiopia

  Also written Ömer

• Telugu given name6.0K records spelled Omer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Ömer

• Danish given name4.7K records spelled Omer24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Ömer, Ômér, Omér, Õmêr, Õmër

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name918 records spelled Omer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Ömer

• Greek given name634 records spelled Omer5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Türkiye, United States, Syria

  Also written Ömer, Ομερ, Hommert, Ömér

42 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●

Omer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. neuhebräischer Herkunft (neuhebr. ‘ömer »Garbe«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.

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

• In crp-rsn, dead

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

• In cdo, cut it in two

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Omar Khayyamb. 1048IRnot in their usual namePersian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
• Philippe Petainb. 1856FRnot in their usual nameFrench military and political leader (1856–1951)
• Jean Monnetb. 1888FRnot in their usual nameFrench political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity (1888-1979)
• Omer Berizikyb. 1950MGMalagasy Prime Minister
• Omer Bartovb. 1954ILIsraeli-American historian (1954-)
• Omer Barneab. 1980ILIsraeli actor
• Omar bin Ladenb. 1981SAnot in their usual nameson of Osama bin Laden (born 1981)
• Omer Meir Wellberb. 1981ILIsraeli conductor
• Omer Adamb. 1993ILAmerican-Israeli singer
• Omer Fedib. 2000ILLos Angeles-based Israeli musician and record producer

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 · 1,021 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Omer?

We estimate roughly 636 thousand people bear Omer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Omer have the most bearers?

Omer is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled omar.

Where is Omer most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Omer is densest in Türkiye — about 1 in 194 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Omer compared with other names?

In Argentina, Omer is the 74th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Omer a male or female name?

Omer is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Omer mean?

Recorded meaning: 49 days from Passover to Shabuoth