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Meaning & History
This name is either derived from (or inspired by) the Hebrew given name Omer, or a corrupted form of the Biblical given name Amariah.A known bearer of this name was Omeriah Malcolm (ca. 1880-1964), the maternal grandfather of the Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley (1945-1981). His name was sometimes (but rarely so) listed as Amariah and Omariah.