Bracha

Bracha is the Hebrew word for a blessing, used as a feminine given name. The word has a familiar place in Jewish religious life, where blessings are spoken in many everyday and ceremonial settings. As a personal name, it can express gratitude or the sense that a child is a blessing to the family.

The spelling ch represents a Hebrew sound that does not have a direct equivalent in ordinary English spelling; other transliterations use kh. Beracha and Berakhah make an additional vowel visible in the written form. A family’s preferred spelling may reflect its own language tradition, while the underlying word remains clear. Bracha offers a direct religious and emotional meaning without needing a longer compound name.