Bakara means “a shady place of peaceful residence”. This land of Bakara was named by a king named Raja Oloan, as the founder. Bakara then given as the name of his first son (from his second wife Siboru Pasaribu). Bakara become a clan, known as “marga” is carried by his descendants. In Batak society, “marga” is a family name of a single ancestral lineage, and form a group of people who inhabit a village.
This name of "Bakara" is derived from the word "bangka" and “ra” in Batak Toba language. Bangka (Batak Toba dialect pronounced as “bakka”) means the notch in the wood, and “ra” means going to/will. In traditional societies to be able to climb trees like coconut trees by making a notch on the stem. With the notch it will be easier to above the tree and not slipping. “Bangka” also notch wood that funcioned as ladder into Batak's traditional dwelling house (ladder = balatuk, in Batak language). As "bangka" and “ra” the anchestor founder of land hope this place as a stage to enter a better life.
Bakara also is derived from the word "bangkar" and "ra". Bangkar in Batak Toba language means that hard skin on the palm tree branches down and wrapped around the fibers. In the land Bakara first (now only a little) there are many palm trees. One part of the palm tree fibers used for the roof of the house. The function of the roof as to protect and shade from the weather.
From both origins can be traced to the meaning of the word is the philosophy of the ancestors who began life in the region that is the expectation that the land has become the place to start settlements and bred, and the ideal protection to achieve the welfare level of life. Therefore, Bakara is "a hoping land for peace and safety place for home residence."
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