Meaning & origin
What it means
Virak is a romanization of ਵਿਰਕ. ਵਿਰਕ probably goes back to Sanskrit वृक, meaning “wolf.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Virak is a romanization of ਵਿਰਕ. ਵਿਰਕ probably comes from Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Virak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 165 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Virak’s family of names
In Punjabi usage, Virak as a surname is a transliteration of ਵਿਰਕ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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