Uman

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 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◐

Uman is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name3.5K records spelled Uman59 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Oman, United States, Syria, Egypt

  Languages: Arabic, Spanish, English

  Also written Oman, Oma, Umán, Öman, Oeman

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Uman2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Umán

• Bangla given name168 records spelled Uman11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Oman, ওমান, Öman, Omàn, Umañ

44 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●

Uman is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Kurdish, A compassionate person who hopes, waits, and believes in the future

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

• In trk-pro, worm

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In mhs, a hermit crab, possibly Pagurus pollicarus

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In zlm, to keep "harping on one string"

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In zlm, "keep harping on one string"

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In mog, speak, tell; command; inform

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 77 years between 1922–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Naomi Umanb. 1962USAmerican and Mexican experimental filmmaker
• Shura Bi-2b. 1970ILnot in their usual nameguitarist, composer and songwriter

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 · 174 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Uman?

Our records include 12,003 bearers of Uman across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Uman have the most bearers?

Uman is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled uman.

Is Uman a male or female name?

Uman 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.