# Enoch (given name)

Enoch (also spelt Enock) is a masculine given name. It is of Hebrew origin חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănōḵ), itself derived from the Semitic root חנך (ḥ-n-ḵ) meaning "to train", "initiate", "dedicate", "inaugurate" and is popularized by the biblical figure and patriarch, Enoch in the Hebrew Bible.

## Given name
### Musicians

* Enoch Light (1907–1978), American musician and producer
* Enock Ondego (1930–2023), Kenyan musician
* Enoch Sontonga (1873–1905), South African composer

### 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
* Enock Kwakwa (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer
* Enock Kwateng (born 1997), French footballer
* Enoch Mort (1912–1999), Welsh footballer
* Enoch Mushagalusa (born 1999), Congolese footballer
* Enock Mwepu (born 1998), Zambian 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 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
* Enock Nyongore (born 1973), Ugandan politician
* Enoch Overton (1864–?), British trade unionist
* Enoch H. Pardee (1829–1896), American medical doctor and politician
* Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British politician
* Enoch Salisbury (1819–1890), Welsh barrister, author and politician
* Enoch B. Talcott (1811–1868), American lawyer and politician
* Enoch Thorsgard (1917–2015), American politician
* Enoch H. Williams (1927–2012), American politician
* Enoch Woodbridge (1750–1815), American politician and judge

### 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
* Enoch Lewis (1776–1856), American mathematician
* Enoch Lincoln (1788–1829), American representative
* Enoch Olinga (1926–1979), Ugandan missionary
* Enoch Greenleafe Parrott (1814–1879), American naval officer in the Mexican-American War and Civil War
* Enoch Wood Perry Jr. (1831–1915), American painter
* Enoch Poor (1736–1780), American brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War
* Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), American businessman and philanthropist
* Enoch J. Rector (1863–1957), American boxing film promoter and early cinema technician
* Enoch Seeman (1694–1744), Polish painter
* Enoch Beery Seitz (1846–1883), American mathematician
* Enoch Steen (1800–1880), American military officer and western explorer
* Enoch Thulin (1881–1919), Swedish pioneer
* Enoch Train (1801–1868), American shipowner and merchant
* Enoch Wedgwood (1813–1879), English potter
* Enoch Tanner Wickham (1882–1970), American folk artist
* Enoch Cobb Wines (1806–1879), American minister and prison reform advocate
* Enoch Wood (1759–1840), English potter
* Enoch Zundel ben Joseph (died 1867), Polish Talmudist

## 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
* Enoch Samways, a character in Roald Dahl's novel Danny, the Champion of the World
* Enoch Soames, eponymous protagonist in a short story by Max Beerbohm
* Enoch Snow, from the musical CAROUSEL
* Enoch Malachi "Nucky" Thompson, protagonist of the television series Boardwalk Empire
* Enoch Wallace, protagonist of the Clifford D. Simak novel Way Station