Baruch Forename
Approximately 3,767 people bear this name
Baruch Forename Definition:
Found as a baptismal name in the register of Sparsholt, Berks, prior to 1650. The Scripture name ברוך, Barúk (in LXX βαροιχ, Josephus βαρονχος), signifying ‘blessed.’
Baruch Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,787 | 1:202,875 | 7,188 |
| Mexico | 93% | 1,014 | 1:122,430 | 2,813 |
| Congo | 91% | 215 | 1:23,299 | 2,290 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 114 | 1:1,557,582 | 33,765 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Brazil | 100% | 72 | 1:2,975,502 | 55,198 |
| Canada | 100% | 65 | 1:509,744 | 13,326 |
| England | 100% | 64 | 1:868,796 | 15,211 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 43 | 1:393,072 | 10,860 |
| South Africa | 100% | 40 | 1:1,363,316 | 46,664 |
| Belgium | 100% | 33 | 1:348,183 | 6,599 |
| Germany | 100% | 28 | 1:3,452,781 | 16,151 |
| Cameroon | - | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Thailand | 100% | 19 | 1:3,687,674 | 78,779 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18 | 1:1,677,883 | 31,093 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Kenya | - | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Israel | 75% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| India | 100% | 7 | 1:173,553,996 | 1,904,752 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3 | 1:35,336,492 | 343,681 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Italy | 100% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Poland | 67% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
The alternate forms: Baruçh (1) are calculated separately.
Baruch (5,418) may also be a surname.
Baruch Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found as a baptismal name in the register of Sparsholt, Berks, prior to 1650. The Scripture name ברוך, Barúk (in LXX βαροιχ, Josephus βαρονχος), signifying ‘blessed.’
Hebrew (masculine) - Blessed.
Bay'-ruk, who is blessed, who bends the knee. 1. The son of Neriah, and grandson of Maaseiah: he was of illustrious birth, and of the tribe of Judah. See Jer. xxxvi. 4. 2. Baruch, the son of Zabbai, a person who assisted to build the walls of Jerusalem. Neh. iii. 20. One who signed the covenant Neh. x. 6. 4. The father of one chosen by lot to dwell in Jerusalem. Neh. xi. 5.
Meaning: blessed.
Baruch Forename Popularity
Baruch Demographics
Average Male Baruch Height
174.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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