Umayer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-MAYR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Umayer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little Umar; long-lived”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Umayer mean?
Arabic: spelling of Umayr, the diminutive of Umar
“little Umar; long-lived”
Mus'ab ibn Umayr was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, sent to teach Islam in Medina.
Is Umayer a girl's or a boy's name?
Umayer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umayer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Umayer, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Umayer of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Umayer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Umayer 7
- Umayr 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Umayer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Names like Umayer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umair, Umar, Abdur, Zahir, Muhammad, Ubayd, Zubayr, Usayd, Ahmed, Fahad, Uzair, Hamza
Other spellings of Umayer
Names related to Umayer
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Umayer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umayer, updated 20 October 2026.