- baraka, also '' Berakhah '', in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony
- baraka, also '' Barakah '', in Islam and Arab-influenced languages, meaning spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God
- ---"Baraka", a rarely used French slang term for Luck , derived from the Arabic word
- ---Baraka, aka '' Nigella Sativa '', a spice with purported health benefits
- Baraka, the Serbian and Bulgarian word for " Shack "
- --- ''barakaši'', a name the party founders of the Croatian Democratic Union gave to themselves
- Baraka, the Turkish word for " Barracks "
- Baraka, DRC , a village in the eastern Congolese province of Sud-Kivu on Lake Tanganyika.
- Baraka, Gabon , a site where American missionaries from New England established a mission in 1842 on what is now Libreville
- Baraka, Philippines , a barangay in the Norzagaray municipality, in the province of Bulacan
- "Baraka", the local nickname for Barakaldo , Spain
- Baraka College , a college for sustainable agriculture and rural development in Kenya
- Baraka School , an educational program in Kenya, featured in the film '' The Boys Of Baraka ''
- Har Braka , a villiage in Samaria, Israel
- Barack Obama , a U.S. politician whose first name is derived from the Arabic term
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