Baruch as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Baruch

What is the meaning of the name Baruch ?

The baby name Baruch is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced bah-ROOK (Hebrew: /baˈrux/; common English: bah-ROOK or buh-ROOK).

Baruch is Hebrew in Origin.

Baruch is a Hebrew given name meaning “blessed,” from the Semitic root BRK “to bless,” familiar from the liturgy phrase “Baruch atah.” It appears in the Bible via Baruch ben Neriah, the prophet Jeremiah’s scribe, and titles the deuterocanonical Book of Baruch preserved in Greek (Barouch) and Latin traditions. The name has remained in steady use among Jewish communities from antiquity to the present, with notable bearers including the philosopher Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza.

Variants and transliterations include Boruch/Borukh (Ashkenazi/Yiddish), Barukh (scholarly), Baruc (Spanish), and Barouch. Semantic equivalents used in other languages are Benedict, Benedetto, Benedikt, and Benoît. A related feminine is Bracha (“blessing”). While sometimes associated with Arabic Barack/Barak from baraka “blessing,” that is a cognate rather than a direct form. In modern Israel and the diaspora, Baruch is traditional, dignified, and relatively uncommon outside Jewish circles.