Umar (name)
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| Arabic |
| عمر |
| Transliteration |
| Umar/Omar/Umro |
| Translation |
| "firstborn, disciple or famous" |
Umar (Arabic: )is an Arabic name, most commonly transliterated as "Umar". It is also sometimes transliterated as "Omar" or "Umro". The word is derived from the tri-consonant Arabic word for "life" and could possibly mean "living" or something similar and the name itself means firstborn, disciple or famous..
When the Arabic letter "waow" is added to the end of the Arabic name, the name changes to "Amr", like Amr ibn al-Aas. Although very close in writing in Arabic, they are two different names, though sometimes the one is tranliterated as the other, so Amr ibn al-Aas is sometimes transliterated as "Umar ibn al-Aas". In the same way, it is possible to find Umar ibn al-Khattab transliterated as "Amr ibn al-Khattab".
The most prominent person in Islamic history to be named Umar was Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam. It is very rare to find a Shi'a Muslim named Umar, though it is a common name among Sunni Muslims.
[edit] Notable people named Umar
- Umar ibn al-Khattab the second caliph of Islam
- Umar (Bulgars) was a khan of the Bulgars in 766.
- Umar II, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, the Ummayed Caliph, second Caliph to be named Umar.
- Umar, a leader of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
- Omar Ali Saifuddin I Sultan of Brunei (reigned 1762-1795)
- Omar Ali Saifuddin II Sultan of Brunei (reigned 1829-1852)
- Omar Ali Saifuddin III Sultan of Brunei (reigned 1950-1967)
- Omar Bongo President of Gabon
- Omar Bradley - United States general during World War II.
- Omar Bravo - Mexican football player
- Omar Cook Professional basketball player
- Omar Gooding - American actor
- Omar Khayyám - Persian writer, mathematician, astronomer
- Umar Khan - Pakistani stuntman from Sweden, see: http://www.umar-khan.com/
- Omar Lopez - Violinist / Singer
- Omar Lye-Fook - Musician
- Mohammed Omar - leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan
- Omar Mukhtar - A freedom fighter from Libya
- Omar Nizar Sahmoud - Palestinian Political Caricaturist
- Omar Noja - Financial Solutions / BC Lending Advisor
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Musician
- Omar Sharif - actor/comedian
- Umar Tal was a West African Tukulor leader.
- Omar Siddiqi is a muslim that lives in braintree, aka oms some people know him by that in BHS, omar also means age in urdu a pakistani language
Other:
- Mosque of Omar
- In the Marvel Universe, Umar was the other-dimensional mother-in-law of Doctor Strange.
- Omar
[edit] See also
Omar Noja- Financial Solutions (U.S./Middle East)
