Barack Hussein Obama II, better known as Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. Today we will talk about him\u00a0because the meaning of his name has caused much commotion during his years in the White House.<\/p>\n
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We have researched a little bit about what this\u00a0name really means and this is what we found.<\/p>\n
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Barack Obama is named after his father, who was a Kenyan economist (called under the same name). He\u2019s first real given name is\u00a0\u201cBarak\u201d<\/strong>, also spelled Baraq (Not to be confused with Barack which is is a building or group of buildings that lodge soldiers), from the root B-R-Q, is a Hebrew name meaning \u201clightning\u201d or \u201cto shine\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Hebrew name \u05d1\u05e8\u05e7 B\u0101r\u0101q is biblical, given after Barak, a military commander in the Book of Judges.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cObama\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is an ancient Kenyan surname. The name is found frequently among the Luo, the third largest ethnic group in Kenya. It is believed that the name derived from the root word Obam, which means \u201cto lean or bend.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n His middle name\u00a0\u201cHussein\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0coming from the triconsonantal root \u1e24-S-N, is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning \u00abgood\u00bb, \u00abhandsome\u00bb or \u00abbeautiful\u00bb.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suggest which names you would like us to write about!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barack Hussein Obama II, better known as Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. Today we will talk about him\u00a0because the meaning of his name has caused much commotion during his years in the White House. We have researched a little…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[73,61],"class_list":["post-2480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","tag-barack-obama","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"\n