Baruch Family History
Baruch Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Amnon, Aharon, Avi, Arie, Chaim, Cohen, Devorah, Dror, Isak, Meyer, Moshe.
Jewish: from the Hebrew male personal name Baruch meaning ‘blessed, fortunate’. This was borne by a disciple of Jeremiah, the supposed author of one of the books of the Apocrypha.
History: Simon Baruch (1840–1921), physician, came from Schwersen, Germany. He received medical training in SC, served as a surgeon in the Civil War, and settled in New York City in 1881.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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