[exit82]

Good point about the Moorish influence on Spanish names.

As I told another poster, having grown up between two towns with large Puerto Rican populations, Omar was not a name I ever heard associated with them..

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I lived quite a while in South America, while it was not as common as Juan or Jose, Omar was not uncommon. I knew maybe three or four personally and there were several others that I knew of in business or politics.