Given name
Enosh
“man”·“weak but social individual”
Enosh is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאנוש
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Enosh means “man” or “weak but social individual.”
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Where it comes from
Enosh is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'anash (אנש), “to be weak and social.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. 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 Enosh appears in Genesis 4:26.
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Enosh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2006.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Enosh’s family of names
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Josiahshares a root
- Jesseshares a root
- Loisshares a root
- Issacharshares a root
- Ishvishares a root
- Ishishares a root
- Ishhodshares a root
- Ish-boshethshares a root
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