[taraytarah]

Just wondering.....without seeing a birth certificate, one has to wonder which spelling his father actually used, thus the meaning uncertain at this point, correct?

[forkinsocket]

Correct, but I would guess that he's named blessing because I've never heard of a person named buraaq. It would be like being named Unicorn. Lots of horses & camels are given that name though. The kotel is called the buraaq wall حائط البراق because supposedly that's where Muhammed tied his buraaq. It's always possible he was named after that, but I've never heard that kind of name either.