Umair
Umair, also spelled Umayr, is an Arabic male given name.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Umair
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Umair, also spelled Umayr, is an Arabic male given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Umair
Umair first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 28 Umairs were born — ranking #3,775 that year. As of 2026, Umair ranks #5,172 for baby boys with 19 births, rising sharply (+35% over the past five years). In total, more than 609 Umairs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Umair
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Umair. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Umair
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- Umayr ibn Hashim, the father of prophet Muhammad's companion Mus'ab ibn Umayr
- Umayr ibn al-Hubab al-Sulami (died 689), Umayyad general and leader of the Qaysi tribes
- Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari , companion of Muhammad
- Umayr ibn Wahb , companion of Muhammad
- Umayr ibn al-Walid , Abbasid governor of Egypt in 829
- Abu Wahab Abdullah ibn Umayr , Muslim martyr
- Dhū al-Shamālayn ʿUmayr ibn ʿAbd ʿAmr al-Khuzāʿī , Meccan companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Omair Ahmad , Indian writer
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Names that sound like Umair
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About the name Umair
Umair is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 609 births in the dataset. Umair's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #3,366. Use the chart and map above to compare Umair's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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