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I knew a guy named Enoch. I didn't know it was a real name, I thought his parents were just weird.
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This is one of my favorite Biblical names, I love that it’s not overused but still familiar. I was thinking of nickname ideas and I came up with Echo, which is kind of cool.
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Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s son is named Enoch.
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Also used in the Romani community in the 1800s: http://theromany.weebly.com/1881-census-for-gypsy-and-gipsy-all-counties.html
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The name Enoch makes me think of Boardwalk Empire which is based on the criminality of Enoch L. Johnson (“Nucky”).
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Cain was not the father of Enoch that walk with GOD HIS FATHER IS JARED.
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A eunuch comes to mind when I see this name. I'm sorry to everyone who's named Enoch, it's honestly just what I think when I see this.
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I’ve met one guy named Enoch, and when I pronounced it Ee-knock he and his wife looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently if it’s a regular dude and not a biblical figure, it’s pronounced Ee-nick. At least in the Southern US.
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Like a baby saying he knocks:
"'E knock."
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"'E knock."
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Enoch Bowen is the founder of the Church of Starry Wisdom in H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Haunter of the Dark." As an archeologist and occultist, he uncovered the Shining Trapezohedron, a peculiar stone contained in a box, from Nephren-Ka's tomb in Egypt. He later bought the Free-Will Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and founded the aforementioned Starry Wisdom sect at the church.
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The name rarely occurs in German, the German pronunciation is EH-nawkh.
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Enoch zu Guttenberg, a German conductor and co-founder of the BUND, an organisation for the protection of the natural environment, bore this name.
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Enoch apparently walked with god (or perhaps he called god El) through a vineyard, grove, or garden and then was taken by god/El to heaven without dying.
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1 Enoch was a son of and another the son of Jared, descendant of Seth.
Enoch, the descendant of Seth, is the father of Mathuselah. The same Enoch is also the one that taken up by God.
Please can you correct the text. It is misleading and incorrect.
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Enoch, the descendant of Seth, is the father of Mathuselah. The same Enoch is also the one that taken up by God.
Please can you correct the text. It is misleading and incorrect.
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Also used in Poland, where it's pronounced "En-o-h".
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In 2018, 2 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Enoch who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 2, 947th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
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The Enoch Pratt Free Library system is the public library system in Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. Enoch Pratt was a Unitarian businessman and philanthropist in Baltimore in the 19th century.
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The name Enoch was given to 340 boys born in the US in 2016.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Enoch are male.
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More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Enoch are male.
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I actually am really fond of the name Enoch. It's a classic biblical name and is a strong name that ages very well. Plus I think it's very cute and refreshing. (:
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The name Enoch was given to 192 baby boys born in the US in 2012.
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From Wiki: Enoch "Nucky" Johnson was Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss and racketeer. From 1911 until his imprisonment in 1941, he was the undisputed “boss” of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government. Using his political position to his advantage, his rule encompassed the Roaring Twenties when Atlantic City was at the height of its popularity as a temporary refuge from Prohibition, his organization also being involved in bootlegging, gambling and prostitution.
There is a show (based on a book) loosely based on him wherein Steve Buscemi plays Enoch "Nucky" Thompson.
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There is a show (based on a book) loosely based on him wherein Steve Buscemi plays Enoch "Nucky" Thompson.
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Pronounced Chee-nu-ch
Doesn't mean dedicated, means trained/influenced.
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Doesn't mean dedicated, means trained/influenced.
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Enoch was the main character in Flannery O'Connor's short story "Enoch and the Gorilla", which took place in New York City. A troubled youth, he winds up in a violent confrontation with a Hollywood movie star in a gorilla suit.
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The Flannery O'Connor story you mentioned was incorporated into her novel Wise Blood. Enoch appears throughout the story.
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The name Enoch (or "Hanoch", more accurately) is derived from the Hebrew word chinuch, or learning, enlightenment, insight. Thus, Enoch would be "wise teacher."
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In the Pearl of Great Price, Enoch (the father of Methusalah) was a great prophet who could move mountains, saw a vision of the entire future of the world, and founded the righteous city of Zion. Very cool hero name. I like it.
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A famous bearer was British politician Enoch Powell (June 16, 1912 - February 8, 1998). Known for his controversiality, he was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament between 1950 and 1974, and an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament between 1974 and 1987. In the 2002 BBC poll "The 100 Greatest Britons", he ranked 55.
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Enoch, the son of Cain, had a city named after him (built by Cain). Enoch, the son of Jared, was the great-grandfather of Noah.
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I think of this name as grandad-ish. It sounds a bit like the granny names Ena, Ina (also pronounced 'EYE-na'), and Enid.
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This is an okay name, I suppose.
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Enoch Arden is the titular character of a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It covers the life of a fisherman, Enoch, who is lost at sea while away trying to build wealth for his family. In his absense, his wife remarries relunctantly. Many years later, he returns, but in order not to disrupt her happiness, he remains anonymous until he dies of grief. The poem explores the morals of Enoch's leaving -- should he have stayed and tried to provide for them in other ways, or was he justified in leaving since he did so out of duty to them?
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Enoch, the father of Methuselah, was taken to Heaven by God without dying.
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From Hanoch (or Chanoch), which was then mispronounced in Latin as Enoch. It comes from the Hebrew stem Hanach (or Chanach) which means 'initiated' or 'educated'. Hanoch in Hebrew means initiate (more in modern Hebrew), or educate.
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Its original Hebrew form is Hanoch (khah-nokh).
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