Barakat (surname)

Barakat (in Arabic بركات) is an Arabic surname. It is the plural form of Barakah (بركة) meaning blessing.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adib Barakat (born 1982), Syrian footballer
• Adnan Barakat (born 1982), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
• Amin J. Barakat (born 1942), Lebanese-American physician
• Diala Barakat (born 1980), Syrian politician
• Fred Barakat (1939–2010), American basketball coach
• Ghaleb Barakat (1927–2014), Jordanian politician and diplomat
• Halim Barakat (born 1933), American writer
• Hamada Barakat (born 1988), Moroccan writer
• Henry Barakat (1912–1997), Egyptian film director
• Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (1080s–1165), 12th-century philosopher and physicist
• Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian Prosecutor General
• Hoda Barakat (born 1952), Lebanese writer
• Ihsan Barakat (born 1964), first female Supreme Court judge in Jordan
• Jack Barakat (born 1988), guitar player of pop punk band All Time Low
• Melhem Barakat (born 1945), Lebanese singer-songwriter
• Mohamed Barakat (born 1976), Egyptian footballer
• Nael Barakat, Kuwaiti engineer
• Najwa Barakat (born 1966), Lebanese writer
• Saleh Barakat, Lebanese art dealer
• Salim Barakat (born 1951), Syrian writer and poet
• Subhi Barakat (1889–1939), Syrian politician and head of state of Syria from 1920 to 1925
• Tayseer Barakat (born 1959), Palestinian painter, installation artist, curator