Barak

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of the Hebrew name בָּרָק (Barak) meaning 'lightning' [1] [2]

2) Latin spelling of the Arabic name باراك (Barak) meaning 'blessing' [2]

Related Names

Barak
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Norwegian Swedish

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 1710 [1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Ytter-Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Helgeland in Nordland [1]

Bible

Barak is the name of a military commander in the Old Testament in Debora's times

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[3]
14 20 2 2 12 18
Denmark Denmark[4]
7
n.a.
0
n.a.
7
n.a.
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
4 0 0
n.a.
4
Norway Norway[6]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[7]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Barak.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  3. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/