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Omer

/ɔ.mɛʁ/

proper noun/ɔ.mɛʁ/

a male given name

Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) and *mēraz (“famous”). Cognates include Czech and German Otmar. Cognates of *ōd- from *audaz include the first part of the given names Otto, Edward and Edmund. See also Old English ēad. Cognates of *-mǣr-/*-mār- from *mērijaz include: the second part of given names like Sigmar, Dietmar, Ingemar, etc. See Old English mǣre.