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Omar

OH-mar

/ˈoʊmɑːr/

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Name meaning and origin

Origin
Arabic/Somali (East Africa/Arab World)
Meaning
Flourishing; long-lived; eloquent
Gender
male

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Name of Omar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam; name of poet Omar Khayyam; extremely common across the Muslim world

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