Umayr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-MAYR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Umayr 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 Umayr mean?
Arabic: diminutive of Umar
“little Umar; long-lived”
A diminutive of Umar, the name of the second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Is Umayr a girl's or a boy's name?
Umayr 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 Umayr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Umayr, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Umayr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Umayr 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.
Umayr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
Names like Umayr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umair, Hamza, Zubayr, Fahad, Zahir, Hassan, Habib, Abdur, Aamir, Azeem, Saif, Samir
Other spellings of Umayr
Umayer
Names related to Umayr
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Umayr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umayr, updated 20 October 2026.