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Omari Name Meaning, Origins & History

Omari

Pronunciation: oh-MAR-ee

Meaning Flourishing; long-lived Origin Arabic Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#687
TREND
70
GIRLS RANK
#12,848
TREND
4,160
Peak Years
2018, 2019, 2021
Lowest Years
1971, 1972, 1973
Energy Archetype
Patient & Strong-Willed

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Omari in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Omari

  • More than 13 thousand babies named Omari: U.S. records list 13,552 babies given the name Omari from 1880 through 2025. Even 399 girls received the name Omari - about 1 girl for every 33 boys.

What Does the Name Omari Mean?

Omari is a name of Arabic origin meaning "flourishing" or "long-lived." It is most often understood as a form of the Arabic name ʿUmar (عمر), which comes from the root ʿ-m-r, a root concerned with living long, thriving, and inhabiting. The literal sense of ʿUmar is "flourishing" or "long-lived." ʿUmarī (عمري) is the relational adjective, or nisba, formed from ʿUmar and meaning "of ʿUmar" or "belonging to ʿUmar"; Omari is commonly taken as a rendering of this form. In Swahili-speaking East Africa, Omari is a common form of Omar, and that usage has carried the name beyond Arabic-speaking communities.

Omari Name History & Origins

ʿUmar belongs to an old layer of Arabic naming. Its best-known early bearer was ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph, who led the Muslim community from 634 to 644 CE and whose armies expanded the early Islamic state across the Near East and North Africa. His prominence helped establish ʿUmar, and names built from it, throughout the Islamic world.

Arabic naming uses relational adjectives, called nisbas, to link a person to an ancestor, a place, or a group. ʿUmarī, "of ʿUmar," follows this pattern; the Mamluk-era historian and administrator Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī (1301 - 1349), who worked in Cairo and Damascus, bore such a nisba. As a given name in its own right, Omari reshapes that adjective into a standalone personal name.

Along the Swahili coast of East Africa, centuries of trade and settlement linked port cities such as Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwa, and Zanzibar with Arabia and the wider Indian Ocean world. Arabic personal names entered Swahili, and Omari became a common form of Omar in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. In English-speaking countries the name is used today along both its Arabic and its Swahili routes.

Omari is sometimes confused with the Hebrew name Omri (עָמְרִי), the name of an ancient Israelite king. The two look alike in transliteration but come from different languages, and Omri's own etymology is uncertain.

How Popular is the Name Omari?

Omari recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2018. Its best rank was #471 in 2018.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Omari Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You are patient, persevering and strong willed. You are a good student, absorbing knowledge easily and retaining it well. You are either a saint or a sinner. You tend to hold things inside and suffer in silence. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.

You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.

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