Baraka
Baraka is a boy name of Swahili origin, meaning Blessing.
What Baraka means
Blessing.
Baraka sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Baraka comes from
Swahili names reflect East African, Arabic, and Bantu influences, and many mark the circumstances of a birth — the day, the season, or the family's situation at the time.
Baraka is recorded as Swahili in origin. Browse other Swahili names.
How popular is Baraka?
Baraka is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Baraka is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Baraka
Baraka sits in our faith group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Faith
Names like Baraka
These share Baraka's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Imani — Faith; belief.
- Barnaby — Son of consolation.
- Bastien — Revered and venerable.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Bennett — Blessed.
- Bogdan — Given by God.
- Bram — Father of multitudes.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Abraham — Father of multitudes.
- Abram — Exalted father.
- Adil — Just and fair.