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KhanokhIn Hebrew: חנוך · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: חֲנוֹךְRomanization: khanókh
Khanokh (Hebrew: חנוך) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 2,541 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 33 boys and ranked #377. Its peak year was 1952, with 56 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,541
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 33
- rank #377
- Peak year
- 1952
- 56 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Khanokh
In Hebrew letters the name is חנוך, read right to left. Khanokh 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 "khanókh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Enoch (first son of Cain)
- Enoch (in the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Enoch or Hanoch
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Khanokh 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 Khanokh
How do you write Khanokh in Hebrew?
Khanokh is written חנוך in Hebrew (with vowel points: חֲנוֹךְ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "khanókh".
How many people in Israel are named Khanokh?
2,541 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חנוך: 0 women and 2,541 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 Khanokh a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named חנוך are men.
What does the name Khanokh mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Enoch (first son of Cain)"
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.