Burak

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ბურაქ in GE Georgia and Бурак in KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

Burak is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name55K records spelled Burak20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, Netherlands, Austria

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written B'Urak, Bürak, Buerak, Buraķ, 'Burak

• Polish given name13K records spelled Burak3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Türkiye, Netherlands, United States

  Also written Burâk, Bûråk

• French given name11K records spelled Burak6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written B'Urak, Bürak, Bùràk, Burâk

• Spanish given name10K records spelled Burak13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written B'Urak, Bürāk, Bürak, Búrak, Bùřāķ

• Russian surname4.8K records spelled Burak12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, Belarus

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Бурак, Burâk, Bûraķ

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Burak4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Burák, Burâk, Burāk

• Arabic given name2.8K records spelled Burak3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

  Languages: Arabic, Amharic

  Also written B'Urak

• Bulgarian given name1.7K records spelled Burak11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Croatia, Netherlands

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Бурак, Burâk

39 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●

Burak 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 Turkish, Hz. Muhammed'in Miraç Gecesi'ndeki biniti.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Russian, Fedko Burak, peasant of the Sitensk parish. 1495.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In nij, beating (of the heart, the breast, as when startled or alarmed)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In tsg, powder (used for face; face powder)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Polish, beet (any plant of the genus Beta)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 35 years between 1990–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Buraq Hajibb. 1150not in their usual namefounder of a Khitan dynasty in Kerman, Persia
• Baraqb. 1250MNnot in their usual nameKhan of the Chagatai Khanate (r. 1266–1271)
• Burak Hakkıb. 1972TRTurkish actor (born 1972)
• Alişanb. 1976TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor and singer (born 1976)
• Burak Yeterb. 1982TRTurkish musician (born 1982)
• Burak Özçivitb. 1984TRTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1984)
• Burak Yılmazb. 1985TRTurkish association football player and manager (born 1985)
• Burak Yiğitb. 1986DETurkish-German actor (born 1986)
• Burak Tozkoparanb. 1992TRTurkish actor (born 1992)
• Burak Kapacakb. 1999TRTurkish association football player (born 1999)

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 · 299 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Burak?

We estimate roughly 189 thousand people bear Burak (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Burak have the most bearers?

We estimate about 185 thousand people bear Burak in Türkiye, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled burak.

Where is Burak most common?

Burak is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 444 people carrying it.

How common is Burak compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Burak is the 94th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Burak a male or female name?

Burak 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 Burak mean?

Recorded meaning: The celestial mount on whose back prophet Muhammad travelled to Heaven on his Night Journey.