Enoch (given name)

Enoch

Pronunciation	/ˈiːnək/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"to train", "iniate", "dedicate", "inaugurate"
Region of origin	Israel
Other names
Alternative spelling	Enock

Enoch 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 Light (1907–1978), American musician and producer
• Enock Ondego (1930–2023), Kenyan musician
• Enoch Sontonga (1873–1905), South African composer

Athletes (association football)

• 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), Russian 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