The baby name Berak is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BEH-rak (IPA: /ˈbɛræk/).
Berak is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Berak is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BEH-rak (IPA: /ˈbɛræk/).
Berak is Hebrew in Origin.
Berak is an uncommon modern spelling of a name best known as Barak, from Hebrew Baraq/Barak (בָּרָק) ‘lightning, flash’, from the Semitic root brq. It is cognate with Arabic barq/baraq ‘lightning’. The name is associated with the biblical commander Barak in Judges 4–5 and has appeared intermittently among Jewish and Christian communities; Barak is current in modern Israel and also functions as a surname, which sometimes feeds back into given‑name use. A Croatian village named Berak has likewise produced the surname Berak, occasionally influencing the given name’s spelling.
Variants and related forms include Barak and Baraq; feminine use is rare. Do not confuse it with Barack (from Arabic baraka ‘blessing’). Cross‑linguistic note: in Indonesian/Malay slang, berak means ‘to defecate’, which may affect perception. Usual pronunciations are BEH-rak or beh-RAHK, depending on language.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #695 | 3 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,183 | 29 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,227 | 8 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Berak is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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