Omair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-MAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Omair is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “long-lived, full of life”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Omair mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Umair, from the root of Umar
“long-lived, full of life”
A spelling of Umair, a name borne by several companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Omair a girl's or a boy's name?
Omair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Omair in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Omair in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Omair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Omair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Omair, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Omair in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Omair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
Names like Omair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Umar Abdullah Amir Umair Mustafa Musa Fahad Zayd Hassan
Names related to Omair
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Omair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omair, updated 20 October 2026.