The baby name Berechia is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced beh-REK-ee-uh (IPA: /bəˈrɛkiə/).
Berechia is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Berechia is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced beh-REK-ee-uh (IPA: /bəˈrɛkiə/).
Berechia is Hebrew in Origin.
Berechia is a Romance-influenced rendering of the Hebrew name Berechiah/Berechyahu, built from the root brk “to bless” and the theophoric element -yah(u), meaning “Yahweh has blessed” or “blessing of the Lord.” It is distinct from Baruch (“blessed”) and from Barak, which comes from a different root meaning “lightning.” Spelling without the final -h reflects Latin and Romance transliteration habits and appears in Jewish communities of the Mediterranean and Western Europe.
In the Hebrew Bible, Berechiah is borne by several figures: the father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1), a Levitical musician of Asaph’s guild (1 Chronicles 15:17), and a descendant of Zerubbabel in David’s line (1 Chronicles 3:20). The name passed into Greek and Latin as Barachias/Barachias and remained current in medieval Jewish scholarship, notably with Berechiah ha-Nakdan. Variants include Berechiah, Berekiah, Berechyahu, Berechya/Berekhya, Barachiah/Barachias, and Yiddish Berakhye. Usage today is rare but traditionally resonant.
Berechia barely registers. There are only 2 recorded uses on record, spread over 1 country.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
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