Given name & surname
Bracha
“one who is blessed”
Bracha is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bracha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,552
- 0 boys · 2,552 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 109 babies
- 2025
- 82
- #2,241 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 82 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,241 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (37). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,885 as a first name in 2020; 219 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bracha’s family of names
Bracha has a related form in Braca. Bracha has a related form in Bracca. Bracha has a related form in Brachah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bracha
- Bracha L. EttingerIsraeli artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst (born 1948)
- Bracha FuldJewish resistance fighter1927–1946
- Bracha ZefiraIsraeli singer1910–1990
- Bracha QafihYemen-born Israeli rabbanit, Israel Prize laureate for social welfare1923–2013
- Bracha van DoesburghDutch actressborn 1981
- Bracha PeliIsraeli publisher (1892-1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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