Baruch

בָּרוּך

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Biblical / Rabbinic Hebrew
• Meaning: blessed

• Baruch was the loyal scribe and confidant of the prophet Jeremiah, faithfully recording his teacher's words during one of the most tumultuous periods in Jewish history. The name means "blessed," and Baruch's personal story of devotion under pressure gives it a quality of steadfast loyalty that goes beyond the meaning alone. It is also the first word of nearly every Hebrew blessing, woven into the fabric of daily Jewish life.

  Strong and warm, this name ages from a bright-eyed kid to a distinguished elder with ease. The philosopher Baruch Spinoza made it synonymous with bold, independent thinking in the seventeenth century. A name that echoes through every prayer service carries a resonance most names simply cannot match.

• Alternate Spellings: Boruch, Barukh
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Ditza
  ,
  Gila
  ,
  Ephraim
  ,
  Zelig
• Theme: blessing