Homar
Masculine · “a form of Omar or Homer”
Homar sits exactly between Homer and Omar, one letter from each, and it can be heard as either. Both names behind it belong to poets, one Greek and one Persian.
How old is the name Homar?
Homar first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Homar alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 500 people named Homar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Homar most popular?
Homar peaked in 1977, reaching #2131 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
Where it comes from
From Omar / Homer to Homar
The story of Homar
Omar Khayyam is known in English for the quatrains Edward FitzGerald turned into The Rubaiyat, but in Persia he was a mathematician and astronomer, and the calendar he helped devise for the Seljuk sultan was more accurate than the Gregorian calendar Europe adopted centuries later. Homer is the Greek poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homar can be read toward either: a silent h in front of Omar, or an a in place of Homer's e.
Meaningscholars disagree
a form of Omar or Homer
Homar may be Omar with an h, the Arabic name meaning flourishing or long-lived, or a spelling of Homer, the name of the Greek poet, whose meaning is uncertain. The record does not say which.
How the name formed
- Omar / Homer
- Homar
Related forms: Umar · Omar · Homer
Pronouncing Homar
OH-mar
In Spanish the h is silent and it is said like Omar. English readers may say HOH-mar.
Nicknames for Homar
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 199527 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2131reached in 1977
- Change vs 2014
- +20.0%6 in 2020, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Homar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Umar in Arabic — related form
- Omar in Spanish — related form
- Homer in English — related form
Homars among us
people named Homar are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Homar sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It connects to two great poets.
- It is short and easy to say.
- It works in Spanish and English.
- People will write Homer or Omar.
- Whether the h is spoken will need saying.
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Frequently asked
- How many Homars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Homar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Homar in 2025?
- Homar is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Homar with classmates?
- Homar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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