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Enoch| Pronunciation | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Word/name | Hebrew |
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| Meaning | "to train", "iniate", "dedicate", "inaugurate" |
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| Region of origin | Israel |
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| Alternative spelling | Enock |
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Enoch (also spelt Enock) is a masculine given name. It is of Hebrew origin חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănōḵ), itself derived from the Semitic root חנך (ḥ-n-ḵ) meaning "to train", "initiate", "dedicate", "inaugurate" and is popularized by the biblical figure and patriarch, Enoch in the Hebrew Bible.
Given name
Musicians
- Enoch Adu (born 1998), Ghanaian footballer
- Enoch Kofi Adu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
- Enoch Agwanda (born 1994), Kenyan footballer
- Enoch Andoh (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
- Enoch Banza (born 2000), Finnish footballer
- Enoch Gilchrist (1940–2008), Scottish footballer
- Enoch Hood (1861–1940), English footballer
- Enock Kwakwa (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer
- Enock Kwateng (born 1997), French footballer
- Enoch Mort (1912–1999), Welsh footballer
- Enoch Mushagalusa (born 1999), Congolese footballer
- Enock Mwepu (born 1998), Zambian footballer
- Enoch Oteng (born 1988), Belgian footballer
- Enoch Rowley, English footballer
- Enoch Showunmi (born 1982), British football player
- Enoch West (1886–1965), English footballer
Athletes (other sports)
- Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke (born 2000), Nigerian sprinter
- Enoch Bagshaw (1884–1930), American football player and coach
- Enoch Brown (American football) (1892–1962), American college footballer
- Enoch Cook (1845–1927), English cricketer
- Enoch Jeavons (1893–1967), English first-class cricketer
- Enoch Jenkins (1892–1984), Welsh sports shooter
- Enoch Lewis (cricketer) (born 1954), West Indies cricketer
- Enoch J. Mills (1880–1935), American sports coach
- Enoch Nkwe, South African cricketer
- Enoch Storer (1838–1880), English cricketer
- Enoch Tranter (1842–1910), English cricketer
Politicians
- Enoch Baldwin (1822–1905), English iron founder and Liberal politician
- Enoch Dogolea (1951–2000), Liberian politician
- Enoch Dumbutshena (1920–2000), Zimbabwean judge and politician
- Enoch W. Eastman (1810–1885), American politician
- Enoch Edwards (trade unionist) (1852–1912), British trade unionist and politician
- Enoch L. Fancher (1817–1900), American lawyer and politician
- Enoch Kelly Haney (1940–2022), American politician
- Enoch A. Holtwick (1881–1972), American politician
- Enoch Edgar Hume (1844–1911), American physician and politician
- Enoch Humphries (1922–2009), Scottish trade unionist
- Enoch Derant Lakoué (born 1944), Central African politician
- Enoch Louis Lowe (1820–1892), American politician
- Enoch Teye Mensah (1946–2023), Ghanaian politician
- Enoch Morrell (1860–1934), Welsh trade unionist and politician
- Enoch Overton (1864–?), British trade unionist
- Enoch H. Pardee (1829–1896), American medical doctor and politician
- Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British politician
- Enoch Salisbury (1819–1890), Welsh barrister, author and politician
- Enoch B. Talcott (1811–1868), American lawyer and politician
- Enoch Thorsgard (1917–2015), American politician
- Enoch H. Williams (1927–2012), American politician
- Enoch Woodbridge (1750–1815), American politician and judge
Other
- Enoch Adeboye (born 1942), Nigerian pastor
- Enoch Atuboyedia (born 1972), Nigerian bishop
- Enoch Marvin Banks (1877–1911), American historian and professor
- Enoch Barratt (1812–1895), Australian nursery proprietor
- Enoch Bolles (1883–1976), American painter
- Enoch Chase (1809–1892), American physician, farmer, businessman, and politician
- Enoch White Clark (1802–1856), American founder of the financial firm E. W. Clark & Co.
- Enoch Crosby (1750–1835), American Revolutionary War soldier and spy
- Enoch Crowder (1859–1932), American general
- Enoch Edwards (1751–1802), American physician and a leading Patriot during the American Revolution
- Enoch Foster (1839–1913), American state judge
- Enoch Francis (1688–1740), Welsh minister
- Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881–1972), American educator
- Enoch Hughes (1829–1893), English iron-master and pioneer in Australia and New Zealand
- Enoch L. Johnson (1883–1968), American political boss and racketeer
- Enoch Heinrich Kisch (1841–1918), Austrian balneologist and gynecologist
- Enoch Lewis (1776–1856), American mathematician
- Enoch Lincoln (1788–1829), American representative
- Enoch Olinga (1926–1979), Ugandan missionary
- Enoch Greenleafe Parrott (1814–1879), American naval officer in the Mexican-American War and Civil War
- Enoch Wood Perry Jr. (1831–1915), American painter
- Enoch Poor (1736–1780), American brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War
- Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), American businessman and philanthropist
- Enoch J. Rector (1863–1957), American boxing film promoter and early cinema technician
- Enoch Seeman (1694–1744), Polish painter
- Enoch Beery Seitz (1846–1883), American mathematician
- Enoch Steen (1800–1880), American military officer and western explorer
- Enoch Thulin (1881–1919), Swedish pioneer
- Enoch Train (1801–1868), American shipowner and merchant
- Enoch Wedgwood (1813–1879), English potter
- Enoch Tanner Wickham (1882–1970), American folk artist
- Enoch Cobb Wines (1806–1879), American minister and prison reform advocate
- Enoch Wood (1759–1840), English potter
- Enoch Zundel ben Joseph (died 1867), Polish Talmudist
Fictional characters
- Enoch, leader of the Forever Knights in the original series of Ben 10
- Enoch, protagonist in the video game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
- Enoch, guardian character in the video game OFF
- Enoch, a pumpkin-costumed character in the 2014 animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall
- Enoch, a silent brother in Cassandra Clare's The Shadowhunter Chronicles book series
- Aynuk and Ayli (Enoch and Eli), characters from the Black Country in the English Midlands, featuring in local jokes
- Enoch Brae, a main character in Restless (2011 film)
- Enoch Cain, antagonist of novel From the Corner of His Eye
- Enoch (Marvel Cinematic Universe) from the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Enoch Drebber, antagonist in the novel A Study in Scarlet
- Enoch Emery, character in Flannery O'Connor's novel Wise Blood
- Enoch Leng, character in the novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- Enoch O'Connor, fictional character in Ransom Riggs' novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Enoch Root, character from Neal Stephenson's novels The Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon
- Enoch Samways, a character in Roald Dahl's novel Danny, the Champion of the World
- Enoch Soames, eponymous protagonist in a short story by Max Beerbohm
- Enoch Snow, from the musical CAROUSEL
- Enoch Malachi "Nucky" Thompson, protagonist of the television series Boardwalk Empire
- Enoch Wallace, protagonist of the Clifford D. Simak novel Way Station
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