Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
102 famous people named Baruch found on Wikipedia.
1525 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
2337-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
2066-th in year 1980
Used in: Biblical, Hebrew
Baruch (Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ, Modern Barukh, Tiberian Bārûḵ; "Blessed") has been a given name among Jews from Biblical times up to the present, on some occasions also used as surname. It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians—particularly among Protestants who use Old Testament names.
Except for its use as a name, this is also related to berakhah or bracha (Hebrew: ברכה; plural ברכות, berakhot), which is a Jewish blessing. See also: Baraka and Barakah.
The root B-R-K meaning "blessing" is also present in other Semitic languages. The most common Arabic form is the passive form Mubarak, but the form Barack is also used.
Benedictus is a Latin name with similar meaning; cf. Baruch Spinoza or Benedictus de Spinoza.
Means: blessed in Hebrew.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Baruch Spinoza | 1632 | Dutch philosopher |
2 | Bernard Baruch | 1870 | American businessman |
3 | Baruch Goldstein | 1956 | Israeli physician and murderer |
4 | Baruch ben Neriah | Biblical character | |
5 | Baruch Samuel Blumberg | 1925 | American doctor |
6 | Baruch Shemtov | 1987 | American businessman |
7 | Baruch Lumet | 1898 | Polish actor |
8 | Belle W. Baruch | 1899 | American business woman |
9 | Simon Baruch | 1840 | Physician |
10 | Baruch Marzel | 1960 | Israeli politician |
11 | Baruch Korff | 1914 | American rabbi |
12 | Tamar Baruch | 1959 | Dutch actress |
13 | Baruch Kimmerling | 1939 | Israeli sociologist and historian |
14 | Baruch Ashlag | 1907 | Polish rabbi |
15 | Baruch Lanner | 1949 | American former rabbi and convicted paedophile |
16 | André Baruch | 1908 | American DJ and journalist |
17 | Ralph Baruch | 1923 | American media executive |
18 | Baruch Epstein | 1860 | Belarusian rabbi |
19 | Baruch Agadati | 1895 | Israeli artist |
20 | Uri Ben Baruch | 1910 | Leader of Ethiopian Jews |
21 | Baruch Levine | 1977 | Orthodox Jewish composer and singer |
22 | Baruch Dego | 1982 | Israeli footballer |
23 | Baruch Halpern | American academic | |
24 | Herman B. Baruch | 1872 | American banker |
25 | Tom Baruch | 1938 | American businessman |
26 | Baruch Steinberg | 1897 | Polish military rabbi |
27 | Baruch Harold Wood | 1909 | English chess player and writer |
28 | Baruch Ben Haim | 1921 | Assistant chief rabbi, Brooklyn Syrian Jewish community |
29 | Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz | 1914 | Israeli rabbi |
30 | Baruch Tegegne | 1944 | Ethiopian jewish leader |
31 | Baruch Brody | 1943 | American bioethicist |
32 | Baruch Chait | Orthodox Jewish rabbi and musician, songwriter | |
33 | Baruch Fischhoff | ||
34 | Joshua Boaz ben Simon Baruch | Spanish rabbi | |
35 | Baruch Abuhatzeira | 1941 | Israeli Kabbalist rabbi and spiritual adviser |
36 | Baruch Singer | 1954 | American businessman |
37 | Baruch Ivcher | 1940 | Businessperson |
38 | Adam Baruch | 1945 | 1945-2008 Israeli journalist and writer |
39 | Baruch Charney Vladeck | 1886 | American politician |
40 | Marc-Olivier Baruch | 1957 | French historian |
41 | Baruch Sorotzkin | 1917 | Belarusian rabbi |
42 | Baruch Hirson | 1921 | Political activist and historian |
43 | Baruch Zuckerman | 1887 | American activist |
44 | Baruch Hagai | 1944 | Israeli paralympic competitor |
45 | Hans Baruch | 1925 | American physiologist |
46 | Ruth-Marion Baruch | 1922 | Photographer |
47 | Baruch Myers | 1964 | Slovak rabbi |
48 | Baruch Poupko | American rabbi | |
49 | Baruch Simon | American rabbi | |
50 | Baruch Gigi | Moroccan rabbi | |
51 | Baruch Kurzweil | 1907 | Literary critic |
52 | Baruch Awerbuch | 1958 | Computer scientist |
53 | Baruch Szulman | 1886 | |
54 | Bertha Hirsch Baruch | 1876 | American writer |
55 | Baruch Arnon | 1940 | Classical pianist |
56 | Baruch Tenembaum | 1933 | Argentine interfaith activist |
57 | Baruch Arensburg | 1934 | Israeli archaeologist |
58 | Baruch Barzel | 1976 | Israeli physicist and mathematician |
59 | Baruch Taub | Canadian rabbi | |
60 | Baruch Herzfeld | ||
61 | Baruch Ostrovsky | 1890 | Israeli politician |
62 | Baruch Elron | 1934 | Painter |
63 | Baruch A. Levine | 1930 | |
64 | Baruch Hassan | 1959 | Footballer |
65 | Baruch Leib Rosowsky | 1841 | Latvian singer |
66 | Julius Baruch | 1892 | German amateur wrestler (1892-1945) |
67 | Franziska Baruch | 1901 | |
68 | Idan Baruch | 1990 | Footballer |
69 | Baruch ben Isaac | German Orthodox rabbi | |
70 | Baruch Maman | 1955 | Israeli footballer |
71 | Baruch Auerbach | 1793 | Polish educationist (1793-1864) |
72 | Lili Baruch | 1895 | German photographer |
73 | Baruch Osnia | 1905 | Israeli politician |
74 | Marion Baruch | ||
75 | Baruch Modan | 1932 | Medical scientist, oncologist |
76 | Baruch Minke | 1940 | |
77 | Baruch ben David Te'omim-Fränkel | 1760 | Rabbi and Talmudist |
78 | Baruch Uziel | 1901 | Israeli politician |
79 | Baruch ben Samuel | German rabbi | |
80 | Baruch of Benevento | Italian rabbi | |
81 | Baruch Schleisinger Weil | 1802 | American politician |
82 | Maksymilian Baruch | 1861 | |
83 | Joseph ben Baruch | ||
84 | Baruch Placzek | 1834 | Czech rabbi |
85 | Dorothy Walter Baruch | 1899 | |
86 | Baruch Kamin | 1914 | Israeli politician |
87 | Baruch Laguna | 1864 | Dutch painter (1864-1943) |
88 | Friedl Baruch | 1905 | German writer and journalist |
89 | Baruch Jeitteles | 1762 | |
90 | Baruch Bendit Goitein | 1770 | Hungarian rabbi |
91 | Ilan Baruch | 1974 | Israeli painter |
92 | Baruch Gottlieb | 1966 | |
93 | Robbert Baruch | 1967 | Dutch politician |
94 | Kurt Baruch | 1913 | Dutch sculptor |
95 | Baruch Ophir | 1910 | German historian |
96 | Baruch Isaak Lipschütz | 1812 | German rabbi |
97 | Jacques Baruch | 1917 | Dutch politician (1917-1996) |
98 | Shabi Ben Baruch | 1944 | |
99 | Baruch Feinberg | 1933 | Israeli athletics competitor |
100 | Baruch Czerwiec | Polish actor | |
101 | Baruch Bendit Dusnus | 1811 | |
102 | Baruch Osnija |