Given name & surname
Baruch
“blessed”·“one who is blessed”
Baruch is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “blessed” (Hebrew) and “one who is blessed” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewברוך
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “blessed” (Hebrew) and “one who is blessed” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Baruch appears in Nehemiah 3:30, Nehemiah 10:6.
- Nehemiah 3:30
- Nehemiah 10:6
From biblical name research
Baruch through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,954
- 1,954 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #2,260 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +31%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 62 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,260 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,578 as a first name in 2020; 1,167 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baruch’s family of names
Baruch has a related form in Boruch. In English usage, Baruch has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form BARUC. Baruch has a related form in Baruchea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Baruch has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bennettequivalent
- Benequivalent
- Benitoequivalent
- Bennetequivalent
- Bentoequivalent
- Benoitequivalent
- Benedettoequivalent
- BarucSpanish
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- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
- Barackequivalent
- Benedictoequivalent
- Benedekequivalent
- Benzequivalent
- Benediktequivalent
- Benoequivalent
- Bengtequivalent
- Benoîtequivalent
- Bendikequivalent
- Bendichtequivalent
- Benonequivalent
- Baruqueequivalent
- बारूखequivalent
- БарухRussian
- ВарухRussian
- Benediktoequivalent
- Binidittuequivalent
- Berechiahequivalent
- Benedictusequivalent
- Beneadequivalent
- Benedyktequivalent
- Bentequivalent
- Beneditoequivalent
- Bénédictequivalent
- Bendixequivalent
- ברוךYiddish, Ladino
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Baruch
- Baruch SpinozaDutch philosopher (1632–1677)
- Baruch Samuel BlumbergAmerican physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)
- Tchéky KaryoTurkish-French actor (1953–2025)
- Baruch GoldsteinAmerican-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1956-1994)
- Baruch ShmailovIsraeli judokaborn 1994
- Baruch AshlagPolish rabbi (1907-1991)
- Baruch MarzelIsraeli politicianborn 1959
- Baruch DegoEthiopian-born Israeli footballerborn 1981
- Baruch KimmerlingIsraeli sociologist and historian (1939–2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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