Entry № 1609 · Hebrew origin

Bracha Bracha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BRAH-khah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Blessing"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "blessing".

Bracha (בְּרָכָה) is the Hebrew word for "blessing" — particularly the formal blessings recited before eating, on holidays, and at every important moment in Jewish life.

Bracha is widely used in observant Jewish families.

Blessing. The Hebrew word for benediction.

The name in its native script.

בְּרָכָה
Transliteration
Bĕrākhāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈbrɑː.xə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bracha stands.

Bracha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Brachas before her.

Real people
Bracha
Common in Hasidic communities.
In fiction
Bracha
Common in Jewish fiction.

Names connected to Bracha.

The number behind Bracha.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bracha reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.