“Barack (arabic for ‘blessed’)”
No, it is not. No such spelling in arabic for blessed. AND it was never an alternative way to spell it until obama claimed it was, and it was never Swahili either.
Look up the name barack. The only ones you will find are bam and his daddy, who, BTW, did NOT spell his OWN name that way. BAM spelled his daddy’s name that way when he filed the application for his COLB.