Hanoch as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hanoch

What is the meaning of the name Hanoch ?

The baby name Hanoch is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /χaˈnox/ — ha-NOKH (kh = guttural, like German 'Bach').

Hanoch is Hebrew in Origin.

Hanoch is the transliteration of the Hebrew Ḥanoch (חֲנוֹךְ), from the root ḥ-n-k “to dedicate, initiate, train,” yielding the meaning “dedicated” or “initiated.” The name appears several times in the Hebrew Bible: as the patriarch known in English as Enoch (seventh from Adam), as a son of Reuben and eponym of the Hanochite clan, and as a son of Midian. Through Greek Enōch (Ἑνώχ) and Latin Enoch, the form Enoch spread in Christian contexts.

Usage has long persisted in Jewish communities, especially under the spellings Chanoch/Chanokh; Ashkenazic records often show Henoch. English Enoch saw intermittent popularity among Puritans and remains better known in the Anglophone world than Hanoch. In modern Israel, Hanoch is recognized but uncommon; it survives mainly in religious circles and in compound Hasidic names (for example, Chanoch Henoch). Variants and related forms: Hanoch, Chanoch, Chanokh, Henoch, Enoch; feminine forms are not traditional.