name
Borukh
BOH-ruhkh
ˈboːrʊxListen
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Borukh
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Yiddish (Jewish diaspora)
- Meaning
- a Yiddish masculine name meaning blessed; the Ashkenazi Yiddish adaptation of the Hebrew Baruch, which appears in the Talmud as the name of Jeremiah's scribe and in countless liturgical phrases including the ubiquitous blessing formula Borukh atoh Adonoy, Blessed are You, O Lord; the name carries layered resonances of divine favour, scholarly tradition, and communal blessing; it was among the most widely used masculine names in Eastern European shtetl communities and continues to be used in Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox communities as a statement of continuity with pre-war Ashkenazi culture
- Gender
- male
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