Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

The meaning of the name Barack is Blessed. The origin of the name Barack is African. Hussein is an Arabic origin, and its meaning is good, small handsome one. And Obama is named after his late Kenyan father, the late Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.

Barack is the form of the Hebrew name Baruch.

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