Name: Uma
Gender: Female
Usage: Uma, of sanskrit origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Uma are in general originating from India, Nepal, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Uma is: Flax, Mother goddess.
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Numerology of the first name Uma: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Uma is ranked on the 2,564th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 146500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Uma has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Uma for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Uma is a given name of Indian or Hebrew/Aramaic origin. It is also an African name used by the Tiv tribe of Cameroon and Nigeria.
- Indian Meaning: Uma (goddess) is the name of a Hindu goddess (Parvati) and also means "Mother" or "Lady of the Mountains". The name also means "tranquility" in Sanskrit and "bright" in Hindi/Sanskrit.
- Hebrew/Aramaic Meaning: "Nation"
- Tiv meaning: "Life"
The name Uma is a very popular Otukpo name. The Otukpo people are found among the Idumea {Idoma} people of Benue state of Nigeria. The meaning of the name in Idoma language is to shine. Some of the well known people of Otukpo origin bearing the name Uma are, the first wife of the first mayor of Otukpo, Mayor Augustine Aleichenu, was called Uma. Also the first wife of the current Senate President of Nigeria, who hails from Otukpo, is called Uma. It is a very well known name among Otukpo people of Idoma land in Benue State of Nigeria.
Some famous people named Uma are:
- Uma Bharati, Indian Politician
- Uma Khouny, Israeli-Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother
- Uma Krishnaswami, Indian Author
- Uma Narayan, Indian Scholar
- Uma Pemmaraju, news anchor for Fox News Channel
- Uma Sharma, Noted Kathak Dancer, Choreographer
- Uma Parameswaran, Indo Canadian Author
- Uma Thurman, American actress
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