Baruch Surname History

Origins Available:
Israel

Etymology of Baruch

What does the name Baruch mean?

The distinguished and ancient surname Baruch is patronymic in origin, deriving from the personal name of the father of the original bearer. In this case, the name is derived from the Hebrew personal name "Baruch," meaning "blessed one." The name Baruch is a proud symbol of an ancient Jewish culture that began at least 3,000 years ago with the patriarch Abraham.

Baruch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beruch, Baruch and others.

Baruch migration to the United States +

Baruch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C Baruch, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
David Baruch, aged 25, who arrived in America in 1853 1
Dorothea Baruch, aged 19, who landed in America in 1853 1
Spring L Baruch, aged 22, who arrived in America in 1853 1
Moses Baruch, aged 38, who landed in New York, NY in 1860 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Baruch (post 1700) +

Rudolph "Ralph" Maximilian Baruch (1923-2016), German-born, American CBS executive, the first president and chief executive of Viacom
Edwin Baruch Winans (1826-1894), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Livingston County 1st District, 1861-64; Governor of Michigan, 1891-92 2
Baruch Abraham Levine (1930-2021), American Skirball Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University from Cleveland, Ohio
Baruch Arnon (b. 1940), American classical pianist and renowned music teacher
Baruch Kimmerling (1939-2007), Romanian born, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (b. 1925), American scientist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying the Hepatitis B virus
Baruch C. Vladeck, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1930, 1932, 1934; Candidate for borough President of Brooklyn, New York, 1933 3

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html