How barack obama got his name? barack is a hebrew name and obama is an arabic name?

My guess is his parents.

How barack obama got his name? barack is a hebrew name and obama is an arabic name?
Barack is the Swahili derivative of the Arabic word Baraka in Arabic or Berakhah in Judaism, a blessing recited during a ceremony.





Hussein is a derivative of the Arabic word Hasan which means Handsome.





Arabic is not synonymous with Muslim as American is not synonymous with Christian. Report Abuse

Reply:Not to be a smart ***, but his parents named him.





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Reply:His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., named after his father Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.





It sounds like a very Arabic (Muslim) name. It seems his name may have come from his father's Muslim religion.





Barack means "blessed", and its suggested that his name was originally "baraka" (an Arabic name), but was changed later.
Reply:More slander on Barack Obama's Muslim roots or lack of them (personally).





Just because my grandmother was Catholic doesn't mean my mother was, or that I am.
Reply:Obama is an African name and not Arabic....................
Reply:obama is not Arabic name.....learn your sources first

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