Shem Tov Boy's nameIn Israel: hardly given today
EnoshIn Hebrew: אנוש · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֱנוֹשׁRomanization: enósh
Enosh (Hebrew: אנוש) is a boy's name. 84 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
- People in Israel
- 84
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
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- not in the list
- Peak year
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- USA
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- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Enosh
In Hebrew letters the name is אנוש, read right to left. Enosh is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "enósh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Enos (a grandson of Adam), also Enosh
- a male given name, Enosh
From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Enosh by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Enosh
How do you write Enosh in Hebrew?
Enosh is written אנוש in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֱנוֹשׁ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "enósh".
How many people in Israel are named Enosh?
84 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אנוש: 19 women and 65 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Enosh a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 77.4% of the people named אנוש are men.
What does the name Enosh mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Enos (a grandson of Adam), also Enosh" Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Max Wagner thinks it is an old borrowing from Aramaic אֱינָשׁ (ʾěnāš) under Hebraization of the vocalism.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.