Baraa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Baraa

What is the meaning of the name Baraa ?

The baby name Baraa is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /baˈraːʔ/ — ba-RAA (final glottal stop).

Baraa is Arabic in Origin.

Baraa is an Arabic given name from the triliteral root b-r-ʾ (برأ), conveying ideas of being free from fault or illness and of recovery. As a noun, barā’a means “innocence, acquittal; blamelessness,” and as a name it carries the sense of purity and being cleared of harm. It is used for both boys and girls across the Arabic‑speaking world - masculine in the classical form al-Barāʾ, and widely feminine in the Levant - though unisex in modern transliteration.

Documented since the earliest Islamic period, it is borne by Companions of the Prophet such as al-Barāʾ ibn Mālik and al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib, helping anchor its pious, upright associations. Common variants and spellings include Baraa, Bara’a, Baraa’, Barā’, and al-Baraa/al-Barāʾ; the feminine-coded Bara’ah/Baraah reflects the Arabic taʾ marbūṭa ending. Related forms include Barīʾ (“innocent”) and the divine epithet al-Bariʾ (“the Originator”), which share the same root.