Korach as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Korach

What is the meaning of the name Korach ?

The baby name Korach is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hebrew: ko-RAKH (ko-ˈrax) with a guttural ch/kh,Anglicized: KOR-uh (/ˈkɔːrə/).

Korach is Hebrew in Origin.

Korach is a biblical male name from Hebrew Qorah (קֹרַח), built on the triliteral root Q‑R‑Ḥ. In Hebrew this root yields two homographs: qéraḥ “ice, frost” and kére’aḥ “baldness,” so the name is usually glossed as “bald(-headed)” or “frost/ice.” Common transliterations include Korah, Qorah, Qorach; Yiddish forms such as Koyrach occur in rabbinic literature.

In the Hebrew Bible several bear the name: a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16), and an Edomite chief and son of Esau (Genesis 36). The “Sons of Korah” became temple singers and are credited with several Psalms, a tradition that his descendants survived despite his fate. Owing to the rebel’s notoriety, Korach is rarely chosen as a given name in Jewish or Christian communities, though it appears as a surname; the Qur’anic figure Qarun is commonly identified with Korah.

⚙ Korach barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 2 recorded uses, across 2 countries.