Variant transcription of Umar. This is the usual English spelling of the 12th-century poet Umar Khayyam's name. In his honour it has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world, notably for the American general Omar Bradley (1893-1981). Means "speaker" in Hebrew. This was the name of a son of Eliphaz in the Old Testament. Omar is a variant of the Arabic name "Umar", which means "flourishing or phosphorus". Omar is also a Biblical name and appears as a minor character in the Bible.
Omar Related Names Other Languages: Ömer (Turkish)
