Burak is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhamme.” In 2024 it was given to 18 boys in the United States.
Burak belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhamme” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Burak first appears in Social Security records in 1985. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4307 in 1995, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 352 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Burak means “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhamme” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Burak is a boy name. In 2024, 18 babies received the name in the US.
Burak comes from the Turkish tradition.
Burak first appears in US records in 1985. Its best-ever ranking was #4307 in 1995, and 18 babies were given the name in 2024.
Burak is pronounced /buˈɾak/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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