<Tr> <Th> Word / name </Th> <Td> Semitic (Hebrew, Arabic) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Meaning </Th> <Td> first born son, flourishing, long - lived, eloquent and gifted speaker </Td> </Tr> <P> Omar, Omer, Ömer, or Umar (Arabic: عمر ‎ ‎), is a male given name of Arabic origin . It is a common name in Arab and Muslim populations in general, as well as in Spanish - speaking countries . In Arabic, its pronunciation differs based on the spoken varieties of Arabic and consequently in its transcription . Mark, can be used as a diminutive for Omar . </P> <Ul> <Li> Omar ibn al - Khattab the second Rashidun caliph of Islam who ruled from 634 to 644 </Li> <Li> Omar Bai Chongxi, Chinese Muslim general and former defense minister of the Republic of China </Li> <Li> Omar Abada, Tunisian basketball player </Li> <Li> Omar Ahmed, Kenyan boxer </Li> <Li> Sergio Omar Almirón, former international Argentine football player </Li> <Li> Gabriel Omar Batistuta, former international Argentine football player </Li> <Li> Omar al - Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan </Li> <Li> Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967--2009) </Li> <Li> Omar Bradley, U.S. 5 - star general, one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II </Li> <Li> Omar Bradley (politician), controversial mayor of Compton, California from 1993 until 2001 </Li> <Li> Omar Bravo, international Mexican football player </Li> <Li> Omar Brown (disambiguation), multiple people </Li> <Li> Omar Camporese (born 1968), former professional tennis player </Li> <Li> Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor </Li> <Li> Omar Cisneros, Cuban hurdler </Li> <Li> Omar Craddock, American triple jumper </Li> <Li> Omar Abdallah Dakhqan (died 2012), Jordanian politician </Li> <Li> Omar Doom, American actor </Li> <Li> Omar Epps, American actor </Li> <Li> Omar Gooding, American actor </Li> <Li> Omar Infante, second baseman for the Kansas City Royals </Li> <Li> Omar Khadr, Canadian child controversially convicted under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 of murder in violation of the law of war and providing material support for terrorism </Li> <Li> Omar Khairat (born 1949), Egyptian pianist & musician, founder of the Egyptian Conservatory institution </Li> <Li> Omar Khayyám, medieval Persian poet and scientist </Li> <Li> Omar Kiam (1894 - 1954), American fashion and costume designer . </Li> <Li> Omar Lye - Fook (known professionally as Omar, born 1968), British soul singer and musician, one of the founders of the Neo Soul movement of the 1990s </Li> <Li> Omar Mascarell, Spanish football player </Li> <Li> Omar Mateen, the gunman in the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting </Li> <Li> Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler </Li> <Li> Omar Meña, Cuban track and field sprinter </Li> <Li> Omar Benson Miller, American actor </Li> <Li> Omarr Morgan (born 1976), cornerback playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League </Li> <Li> Omar Mukhtar, leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya </Li> <Li> Omar Naber, Slovenian singer </Li> <Li> Omar Pinzón, Colombian backstroke swimmer </Li> <Li> Omar Rodríguez - López, lead guitarist and composer of The Mars Volta and former guitarist of At the Drive - In </Li> <Li> Omar Samra, first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest </Li> <Li> Omar Sey (born 1941), Gambian politician </Li> <Li> Omar Sharif, Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor </Li> <Li> Omar Sivori, former international Argentine and Italian football player </Li> <Li> Omarr Smith (born 1977), American football defensive back for the San Jose SaberCats </Li> <Li> Omar Sy (born 1978), French actor </Li> <Li> Omar Faruk Tekbilek (born 1951), Turkish virtuoso flautist </Li> <Li> Omar Torrijos, Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981 </Li> <Li> Omar Vizquel, Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the Toronto Blue Jays </Li> <Li> Omar Zepeda, Mexican race walker </Li> <Li> Omarion (born 1984), American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer </Li> <Li> Abuzed Omar Dorda (born 1944), prime minister of Libya from October 7, 1990 to January 29, 1994, and Libya's permanent representative to the U.N. from 1997 to 2003 </Li> <Li> Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere, Somali faction leader based in Jowhar </Li> <Li> Omar I of Kanem, ruler of Kanem, Chad </Li> <Li> Omar I of the Maldives (died 1341), sultan of the Maldives from 1306 to 1341 </Li> <Li> Omar II of the Maldives (died 1484), sultan of the Maldives from 1480 to 1484 </Li> <Li> Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (born 1960), Somali diplomat and politician; former prime minister of Somalia </Li> <Li> Omar Abdul Rahman (academic) (born 1932), Malaysian academic and corporate figure </Li> <Li> Omar Abu - Riche (1910--1990), Syrian poet </Li> <Li> Omar Ali Saifuddin II (died 1852), Sultan of Brunei from 1829 to 1852 </Li> <Li> Omar Ali Saifuddin I (died 1795), Sultan of Brunei from 1762 until 1795 </Li> <Li> Omar Ali Saifuddien III (1914--7 September 1986), Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967 </Li> <Li> Omar al - Qattan (born 1964), Palestinian - British film director and film producer </Li> <Li> Omar Diallo (born 1972), Senegalese football goalkeeper </Li> <Li> Omar Haji Massale, commander of the Somali military </Li> <Li> Omar Hammayil (b . 1976 / 77), mayor of Al - Bireh in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories . </Li> <Li> Omar Muhamoud Finnish, Somali faction leader based in Mogadishu </Li> <Li> Omar Abdel Hamid El - Hussein, Danish gunman in the 2015 Copenhagen shootings </Li> <Li> Omar Ong Yoke Lin, Co-founder of Malaysian Chinese Association, Malaysian Chinese who converted to Islam </Li> <Li> Omar Pasha (1806--1871), Serbian or Croatian Ottoman general </Li> <Li> Omar Pasha Vrioni II (1839--1928), Albanian prime minister and diplomat </Li> <Li> Omar Suleiman (born 1936), Egyptian "minister without portfolio" and director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services (EGIS) </Li> <Li> Omar Vrioni, leading Ottoman figure in the Greek War of Independence </Li> </Ul>

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