Baraka

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Baraka is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name7.3K records spelled Baraka8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Tanzania, Mayotte, United States

  Also written Barâka, Bàrákà, Bãräkå, Bãräkã, Bàraka

• Spanish given name2.5K records spelled Baraka8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, Spain, United States, Morocco

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Bäřäkä, Baraká, Bäräkä, Băŕąķã, Bârâķâ

• Croatian given name723 records spelled Baraka8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Барака

• German given name583 records spelled Baraka2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, Germany, United States

  Also written Barakā

52 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●

Baraka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, blessing; sing. of Barakat ots... See Barakat (m.). Name of Umm Ayman (see Umm). Baraka bint Yasar: a sahaabia

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In English, Imamu Amiri, US poet

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Arabic, blessing, grace; Arabic barakah

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• mystical blessings

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• blessing.

  as a name·African 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 34 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jolyon Baraka Thomasb. 1978USAmerican religion scholar (1978-)
• Baraka Mayb. 1989USAmerican score vocalist
• Baraka Lurhakwab. 2000CDCongolese designer, illustrator, graphic designer (DRC)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 149 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Baraka?

We estimate roughly 461 people bear Baraka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Baraka have the most bearers?

Baraka is most frequently recorded in Tanzania, where it is most often spelled baraka.

How common is Baraka compared with other names?

In Tanzania, Baraka is the 9th most common given name of 40,746 given names recorded there.

Is Baraka a male or female name?

Baraka 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.

What does the name Baraka mean?

Recorded meaning: Kiswahili/Muslim: 'blessings, prosperity'; also 'divine force or luck'