Baruch

Hebrew

"blessed"

Baruch Origin and Meaning

The name Baruch is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "blessed".

Think of this as the Hebrew equivalent of Benedict or Benito; best for observant Jews.

Famous People Named Baruch

• Baruch Jeremiah's scribe (Jeremiah 36:4)
• Baruch repairer of Jerusalem's walls (Nehemiah 3:20)
• Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher
• Baruch Samuel "Barry" Blumberg American physician and winner of the Nobel Prize
• Baruch Yehudah Shemtov American TV journalist
• Baruch Meir Marzel Israeli politician

International Variations of the name Baruch

• Barrucio Italian
• Berakhiah Hebrew