Baraka (transliteration: Baraka, Arabic: بركة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “blessings”, “blessedness”, “good fortune”, “increase”, “prosperity”, “abundance (of good things)”.12
There are three female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Baraka:
- Baraka bint Tha`labah بركة بنت ثعلبة
- Baraka al-Habashiyyah بركة الحبشية
- Baraka bint Yasaar بركة بنت يسار
Below is the name Baraka written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Baraka written in Arabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Firuzabadi, al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ (d. 1414 CE), الـبَرَكَةُ.
- Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, al-Muʿjam al-Wasīṭ (1998), الْـبركَة.
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