From عمر(Omar), Persian variant of Arabicعُمَر(ʿumar) (a name), a variant of عَامِر(ʿāmir) (flourishing), from عَمَرَ(ʿamara, “to live a long life”). The name saw popularity in the West following Edward FitzGerald's translation of Persian poet Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat.