Muammar

given name · Latin script

Meaning: antiquated, long-lived; one given long life

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/muˈammar/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Muammar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 35K
  • LYLibya≈1 in 23K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

antiquated, long-lived; one given long life

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Muammar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Muammar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia—≈12,000 est.≈1 in 22KlistedMuammar97
MY Malaysia—≈930 est.≈1 in 35K—Muammar32
YE Yemen—≈340 est.≈1 in 87K—Muammar14
LY Libya#908≈300 est.≈1 in 23K—Muammar16
PH Philippines—≈270 est.≈1 in 413K—Muammar11
OM Oman—≈110 est.≈1 in 42K—Muammar5
GY Guyana—11 in 750K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Muammar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Philippines, Australia

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Mu'Ammar, Mu’ammar

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Bangladesh

    Also written Műámmãř, মুয়াম্মার, মুয়াম্মর

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Muammar is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, long-lived, one given long life

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Muammer Lütfi, b. 1903Muammer Gözalan, b. 1905Muammer Karaca, b. 1906Muammer Aksoy, b. 1917Muammer Sun, b. 1932Muammar Gaddafi, b. 1942Muammer Güler, b. 1949Muammer Ketencoğlu, b. 1964Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, b. 1975Muammer Yıldırım, b. 1990
  • Muammer Lütfib. 1903TRnot in their usual nameTurkish judge and writer (1903–1947)
  • Muammer Gözalanb. 1905TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (1903–1981)
  • Muammer Karacab. 1906TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (1906–1978)
  • Muammer Aksoyb. 1917TRnot in their usual nameTurkish academic of law, politician, columnist and intellectual
  • Muammer Sunb. 1932TRnot in their usual nameTurkish composer (1932–2021)
  • Muammar Gaddafib. 1942LYMilitary officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
  • Muammer Gülerb. 1949TRnot in their usual nameTurkish statesperson (born 1949)
  • Muammer Ketencoğlub. 1964TRnot in their usual nameTurkish musician (born 1964)
  • Hannibal Muammar Gaddafib. 1975LYson of Muammar Gaddafi
  • Muammer Yıldırımb. 1990TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1990)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHalo Muammar,Hi Muammar, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Muammar mean, and where does it come from?
antiquated, long-lived; one given long life Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Muammar?
A machine transcription gives /muˈammar/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
Is Muammar a male or female name?
Muammar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Muammar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Muammar in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled muammar.
How common is the name Muammar?
In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Muammar in 2025, about 1 in 750 thousand residents.
How common is Muammar compared with other names?
In Libya, Muammar is the 908th most common given name of 8,449 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Muammar” — the 908th most common given name in Libya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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