Across the world, Uma (Uma 
, Ума 
, اوما 
, among others...) is a prevalent dominantly female, but infrequently boy's first name. The first name Uma is habitual in India, where it is a common dominantly female, but seldom boy's name, Qatar, where it is quite a common epicene name, and United Arab Emirates. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Much less frequently, Uma is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Uma | Nigeria, Indonesia, Nepal, Ethiopia, India |
| Ума | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| اوما | Iraq, Sudan, Libya |
| ウマ | Japan |
| אומה | Israel |
Uma is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Uma , the character from Descendants 2; Uma Maheswara Rao , the Name of protagonist in Telugu movie Ninnu Kori and Uma , the musical character in the musical Katyar Kaljat Ghusali by Jitendra Abhisheki; Panditji's daughter.
| uma gonzalez child accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials, US (b. 1687) |
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uma aaltonen Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician (1940-2009), FI (b. 1940) |
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uma bardhan Indian artist, IN (b. 1945) |
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uma ukpai Nigerian writer, NG (b. 1945) |
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uma chowdhry American chemist, IN (b. 1947) |
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uma krishnaswami author of children's books, IN (b. 1956) |
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uma pemmaraju Indian-American journalist and television anchor, US (b. 1958) |
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| uma roy Indian politician, IN (b. 1919) |
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uma thurman American actress, US (b. 1970) |
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| uma bose Indian musician, IN (b. 1921) |
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| uma anand Indian journalist and actress, IN (b. 1923) |
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| uma shankar bajpai Indian diplomat (b. 1925) |
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| uma sambanthan Malaysian activist, MY (b. 1929) |
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uma nair Indian television actress |
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| uma prasad thapliyal Indian historian, IN (b. 1938) |
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