Means "blessed" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a companion of the prophet Jeremiah. The deuterocanonical Book of Baruch was supposedly written by him. A famous bearer was Baruch Spinoza, a Dutch-Jewish rationalist philosopher.
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Famous People: Baruch Spinozawiki (Philosopher, 1632, Netherlands), Baruch Samuel Blumbergwiki (Physician, 1925, United States)