Barak as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Barak

What is the meaning of the name Barak ?

The baby name Barak is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced bah-RAHK.

Barak is Hebrew in Origin.

Barak is a Hebrew masculine name from Biblical Hebrew בָּרָק, vocalized Bārāq, an ordinary noun for lightning. Its consonants are b-r-q, the Northwest Semitic root associated with flashing or gleaming; the final q is qoph, distinct from the k/kh of Hebrew roots connected with blessing. The literal sense is therefore lightning, not blessing.

In the Hebrew Bible, Barak son of Abinoam of Kedesh appears in Judges 4–5 as Deborah’s military ally against Sisera, and he is later named in Hebrews 11:32 in the Greek form Βαράκ. Jewish and Israeli usage has kept the name visible, especially as both given name and surname; Ehud Barak adopted it from his birth surname Brog. English Puritan and early modern biblical naming occasionally produced Barak or Barac, but it remained uncommon outside Jewish contexts.