Name

Name BARAK

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 106 births of Barak in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 birth of children bearing the first name Barak per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 5 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Barak
In Italiano

Nome Barak

Information about the first name Barak

The first name Barak is listed in our categories :

Muslim names (boys)
Barak

The first name Barak has been assigned to:

99.06% to boys
0.94% to girls

The country where the first name Barak is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Barak

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Barak : Abkar, Akbar, Bakar, Barka, Kraba

Barak in Japanese ^*

Romaji	baraku
Katakana	バラク
Hiragana	ばらく
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Barak in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Barak

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בָּרָק‎ (“lightning”).

Etymology

From Arabic بَارَك‎ (bārak, “he who is blessed”). Cognate with the biblical name Baruch of Hebrew origin. The usage of the root ب ر ك‎ (b r k) as a male name meaning "blessing" occurs in the Ancient Semitic Sabean (barqac), in Palmyrene (baraq), and as a Divine name in Assyrian Ramman-Birqu and Gibil-Birqu

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(biblical name)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛərək/, /ˈbɛəræk/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛrək/, /ˈbeɪ.ræk/
(modern name)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈræk/
(General American) IPA(key): /bəˈrɑk/

Etymology (Proper noun)

Barak
The commander of the army of Deborah in the Old Testament.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, often representing a transliteration of a modern Israeli name.
A surname transferred from the given name, often representing a transliteration of a modern Israeli name.

Etymology (Proper noun)

Barak
A male given name from Arabic.

Anagrams

Akbar, Bakar, KA-BAR, abkar

People with the name (From Arabic)

Barak Sultan (1731—1750), member of the Kazakh Khanate dynasty
Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq (1266–1271), a Khan of the Chagatai Khanate

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch barak, from French baraque, from Spanish barraca, from Catalan barraca, diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian.

Noun

barak (first-person possessive barakku, second-person possessive barakmu, third-person possessive baraknya)
barracks
shed
(healthcare, medicine, rare) ward

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈbarak̚]
Hyphenation: ba‧rak

Noun (Alternative forms)

bérék (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Noun (Synonyms)

(ward): bangsal, paviliun, sal
(ward): wad (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Valencian barraca.

Noun

barak m inan (diminutive baraczek)
barrack, shack, shanty (simple, 1-story, usually temporary structure)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈba.rak/
Rhymes: -arak
Syllabification: ba‧rak

Swedish

Anagrams

bakar, barka

Proper noun

Barak
Barak (Biblical figure)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca.

Noun

barak f (plural barakken, diminutive barakje n)
barracks (housing for (garrisoned) soldiers)
barrack (building used for housing in a (concentration) camp)
(Belgium) shed, shelter
barrack (any relatively primitive temporary building, especially used for housing)
(historical) field hospital
(historical) temporary building to house, treat or isolate patients of contagious diseases, especially cholera

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /baːˈrɑk/
Hyphenation: ba‧rak
Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun (Descendants)

→ Caribbean Javanese: barag, mbarag
→ Indonesian: barak
→ Papiamentu: barak

Noun (Synonyms)

(shed): schuur, tuinhuis

Danish

Noun

barak
barrack

Popularity of the name Barak

Number of BARAK births per year

Popularity of the name Barak

Total births of Barak by country

		Births with the first name Barak
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	57 0
	France 1900 - 2022	20 0
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	8 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	7 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	4 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	3 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	2 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	2 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 1
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	1 0