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
- 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
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