Midan Shady Sphere · Knock With Your Name
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Knock with your name — from any language. Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Irish, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Patois, and more. If we know it, you get a plain-English meaning, where it comes from, and the name in its own script when there is a real one. Tap Hear it to hear it said. We only write what is well known. If we don’t have it, we say so.
Guests can ask about the names set out front. The rest of the list is inside the club.
Arabic
Also Umar
In its own script
Arabic
عمر
Meaning
Life, flourishing, a long span of years.
Origin
Arabic Umar, from the root for life, building up, and a long life. Omar is the usual English spelling. Amr (عمرو) is the neighbor, not the same name.
A long life, said without a speech.