Enoch (also spelt Enock) is a masculine given name. It is popularized by the biblical figure and patriarch, Enoch in the Bible. The name is derived from Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh) itself from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥanōḵ) which came from (ḥēn) while the verb (ḥ-n-ḵ).
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Given name
Musicians
Enoch Light (1907–1978), American musician and producer
Enoch Sontonga (1873–1905), South African composer
Enoch Armani Tolbert, known professionally as Armani White (born 1996), American rapper
Enoch Nana Yaw Oduro-Agyei, better known by his stage name Trigmatic, Ghanaian musician
Enoch Rubens, better known as Anup Rubens, Indian music composer and singer
Enoch “Skeeter” Thompson, American musician and bassist of the DC hardcore band Scream
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
Enoch Mort (1912–1999), Welsh footballer
Enoch Mushagalusa (born 1999), Congolese 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 Leach Alford (1829–1912), American politician
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
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
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