Given name & surname · also Turkish
Burak
“shining steed”
Burak is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Polish and Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Burak goes back to Ottoman Turkish براق, meaning “shining steed.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Burak comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ), from Arabic البُرَاق.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 358
- 358 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,886 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +63%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,886 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 794 as a first name in 2020; 1,056 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.
Burak’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Burak has a conventional equivalent in the English form Barack. In Ukrainian usage, Burak as a surname is a transliteration of Бурак.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Burak
- Burak YılmazTurkish association football player and manager (born 1985)
- Burak ÖzçivitTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1984)
- Ghiyas-ud-din BaraqKhan of the Chagatai Khanate (r. 1266–1271)1250–1271
- Burak DenizTurkish actor (born 1991)
- CZN BurakTurkish chef and restaurateur (born 1996)
- Burak YeterTurkish musician (born 1982)
- Buraq Hajibfounder of a Khitan dynasty in Kerman, Persia1150–1235
- Burak İnceTurkish association football player (born 2004)
- Burak HakkıTurkish actor (born 1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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