Forename Barak

All around the world, Barak (Barak , ברק , Barraca , along with others...) is quite a common principally male, but very seldom feminine first name. The given name Barak is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Kuwait, and Uruguay, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Also, Barak is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Barak is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Barak

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Barak	Turkey, Philippines, Afghanistan, India, Israel
ברק	Israel
Barraca	Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, United States, Brazil
巴拉克	China
Барак	Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine
باراك	Sudan

First names said to be same

Barac, Barack, Barakat, Barakki, Baraq, Baraque, Barra, Baruch, Barák, Bařák, Ben, Bendic, Bendicht, Bendick, Bendik, Bendiks, Bendix, Bendt, Benead, Benedek, Benedetto, Benedict, Benedicto, Benedictus, Benedikt, Benedikto, Benedito, Benedykt, Bengt, Benito, Benkt, Bennet, Bennett, Benno, Bennone, Beno, Benoit, Benon, Benoît, Bent, Benth, Bento, Benz, Bàràk, Bénédict, Барақ, Барух, Бен, Бенгт, Бендик,

First name Barak in the context

Barak is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Barak , the Biblical character, Judges; Barak , the character in the Belgariad series, Belgarath the Sorcerer; Barak , the operatic character in the opera Deborah (Händel); Barak , the operatic character in the opera Turandot by Ferruccio Busoni; Kalaf's servant and Barak , the operatic character in the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss.

Notable namesakes

	barak baba (b. 1257)
	barak norman English string instrument maker, GB (b. 1651)
	barak longmate British engraver and publisher (b. 1738)
	barak longmate English antiquarian (b. 1768)
	montefiore barak New Zealander awarded Rhodes scholarship in chemistry in 1926 (1904-), NZ (b. 1904)
	barak sope Prime Minister of Vanuatu, VU (b. 1955)
	barak mizrachi Australian para table tennis player, AU (b. 1988)
	barak braunshtain association football player, IL (b. 1999)
	barak kol israeli astrophysicist, US (b. 1968)
	barak kushner Professor of East Asian History at the University of Cambridge (b. 1968)
	barak rotblat researcher (b. 1972)
	barak hardley actor (b. 1975)
	barak heymann Israeli film director (b. 1976)
	barak ariel researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-6912-2546 (b. 1978)
	barak epstein American film director, US (b. 1979)