Umar

Meaning: life, flourishing

Origin: Arabic

Umar comes from the Arabic root ʕ-m-r, 'to live' or 'to flourish' — a different root from the similarly transliterated Amir, despite the resemblance in Latin script. It is the name of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, whose stature has kept the name in continuous wide use.