# Baruch (given name)

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**Baruch** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): בָּרוּךְ, [Modern](/source/Modern_Hebrew): *Barūḵ*, [Tiberian](/source/Tiberian_vocalization): *Bārūḵ*, "Blessed", [Polish](/source/Polish_language): [Berek](/source/Berek_(disambiguation))) is a masculine name among [Jews](/source/Jew) used from [Biblical times](/source/Biblical_times) to the present, which is sometimes used as surname.[1] It is also found, though more rarely, among Christians—particularly among [Protestants](/source/Protestant) who use [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament) names.

Except for its use as a name, this is also related to *[berakhah](/source/Berakhah)* or *bracha* (Hebrew: **ברכה**; plural ברכות, *berakhot*), which is a Jewish [blessing](/source/Blessing). See also: *[Baraka](/source/Barakah)* and *[Barakah](/source/Barakah)*.

The root [B-R-K](/source/B-R-K) meaning "blessing" is also present in other [Semitic languages](/source/Semitic_languages). The most common [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) form is the passive form [Mubarak](/source/Mubarak_(name)), but the form [Barak](/source/Barak_(name)) ([Barack](/source/Barack_(name))) is also used. In Polish it is [Berek](/source/Berek_(disambiguation)).

[Benedictus](/source/Benedictus_(given_name)) is a [Latin](/source/Latin) name with similar meaning; cf. [Baruch Spinoza](/source/Baruch_Spinoza) or Benedictus de Spinoza.

## People with the given name Baruch

### Bible

- [Baruch ben Neriah](/source/Baruch_ben_Neriah), aide to the prophet [Jeremiah](/source/Jeremiah)

- Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of [Nehemiah](/source/Nehemiah)'s helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem

- Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the [Tribe of Judah](/source/Tribe_of_Judah) who settled in Jerusalem

### Later times

- [Baruch Agadati](/source/Baruch_Agadati) (1895–1976), Israeli painter, dancer, and film director

- [Baruch Ben Haim](/source/Baruch_Ben_Haim) (1921–2005), assistant chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York

- [Baruch Blumberg](/source/Baruch_Blumberg) (1925–2011), American Nobel Prize-winning physician, developed Hepatitis B vaccine

- [Baruch Feinberg](/source/Baruch_Feinberg) (1933–2007), Israeli Olympic javelin thrower

- Baruch Ben Horowitz (born 1956), American-Israeli Attorney and Philanthropist

- [Baruch Goldstein](/source/Baruch_Goldstein) (1956–1994), American-Israeli settler physician who murdered 29 Muslim worshipers in 1994

- [Baruch Kurzweil](/source/Baruch_Kurzweil) (1907–1972), Israeli literary critic

- [Baruch Levine](/source/Baruch_Levine) (born 1977), American Orthodox Jewish singer-composer

- [Baruch Ostrovsky](/source/Baruch_Ostrovsky) (1890–1960), first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel

- [Baruch Shemtov](/source/Baruch_Shemtov) (born 1987), American journalist, television host, fashion designer, and entrepreneur

- [Baruch Shmailov](/source/Baruch_Shmailov) (born 1994), Israeli Olympic judoka

- [Baruch Spinoza](/source/Baruch_Spinoza) (1632–1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher

- [Baruch Schleisinger Weil](/source/Baruch_Schleisinger_Weil) (1802–1893) American businessman and politician

- [Baruch Steinberg](/source/Baruch_Steinberg) (1897–1940), chief Rabbi of the Polish Army, victim of the Katyn massacre

- [Baruch Tenembaum](/source/Baruch_Tenembaum) (1933–2025), Argentine interfaith activist

- [Baruch Zuckerman](/source/Baruch_Zuckerman) (1887–1970), American-Israeli and leading proponent of [Yad Vashem](/source/Yad_Vashem)

### Fictional characters

- The Baruch of [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), the king of the [Saracens](/source/Saracen) in [Wolfram von Eschenbach](/source/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach)'s *[Parzival](/source/Parzival)*

- [Baruch](/source/Baruch_(His_Dark_Materials)), a fictional [angel](/source/Angel) in the *[His Dark Materials](/source/His_Dark_Materials)* series

- The real name of Billy Joe Cobra, of the television show [Dude, That's My Ghost](/source/Dude%2C_That's_My_Ghost)

## See also

- [Katarina Barruk](/source/Katarina_Barruk)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). [*Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC). Oxford University Press, USA. p. 110. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-508137-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-508137-4).

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v t e Given names and surnames derived from the word "Blessed" Does not include compound words Given name Hebrew: Baruch Germanic: Beat, Beata, Beate, Helga, Zelda Greek: Makarios Romance: Benedict, Beatus, Macarius Slavic: Aleh, Beata, Makar, Makarije, Makary, Oleg, Oleh, Olga Turkish: Sait Surname Arabic: Sa'id Germanic: Benedict, Bennet, Bennett, Benett, Benet, Seliger, Seeliger, Seligmann, Zeldin, Zelikovitch Hebrew: Baruch Slavic: Beneš, Benesch, Benesh, Makar, Makara, Venediktov Both Arabic: Anam, Barack, Mabrouk, Mubarak, Saʽid Germanic: Selig, Zelig Romance: Benedictus, Benito, Bento

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