Umarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oo-MAH-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
Umarah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Umarah come from?
Arabic: Arabic, related to the name Umar
Is Umarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Umarah is a girls' name.
How popular is Umarah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Umarah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Umarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
Names like Umarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Umamah, Umaymah, Aakifah, Hibah, Sumayyah, Safia, Aaliyah, Samah, Azeemah, Aaminah, Habiba
Names related to Umarah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Umarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umarah, updated 20 October 2026.