The baby name Brakha is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BRAH-khah (Hebrew: /ˈbʁaxa/; common Anglicized: /ˈbrækə/ or /ˈbrɑːkə/).
Brakha is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Brakha is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BRAH-khah (Hebrew: /ˈbʁaxa/; common Anglicized: /ˈbrækə/ or /ˈbrɑːkə/).
Brakha is Hebrew in Origin.
A Hebrew feminine given name, Brakha derives from ברכה (berakhah) meaning blessing, from the Semitic root BRK “to bless, to kneel.” The word appears throughout the Bible and rabbinic liturgy for benedictions, making the name a devotional choice. Spellings and transliterations vary by community: Bracha, Beracha, Berakha (scholarly), and Yiddish Brokhe/Brocha or Brucha. Diminutives such as Brachi are common in modern Hebrew.
Used across Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jewish communities, the name is well attested in Eastern European records of the 18th–20th centuries and remains favored in religious families in Israel and the diaspora, with occasional broader Israeli usage. Cognates include Arabic Barakah and the loanword Baraka in Swahili, all carrying the sense of blessing or divine favor. Brakha thus conveys warm wishes for grace and prosperity, with enduring cultural and liturgical resonance.
Brakha is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 9 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 5 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 |
Brakha is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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