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Enoch
Say it: EE-nuk
Meaning
Hebrew Ḥanokh, usually read as 'dedicated, initiated'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular among 18th- and 19th-century English, Welsh and American Protestants.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 11,393 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 1,800 boys
- 290 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Hénoch |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Enoc |
| Italian | Enoch |
| German | Henoch |
| Polish | Henoch |
| Hebrew | Hanokh |
Famous bearers
- Enoch, father of Methuselah in Genesis
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.