Meaning of the nameEnoque

Enoque is the Portuguese form of the biblical name Enoch, from Hebrew Ḥanokh, which means 'dedicated'.

Meaning

“dedicated”

Source: Behind the Name: Enoch · Bible Hub: Chanoch (Strong's H2585)

People (2022): 10,277
Rank in Brazil: #1,683
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 11,071; people

Enoque in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Enoque, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,948 people).

37 women 10,240 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Enoque is most common

States with the highest share of people named Enoque in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.013%
Pernambuco 0.011%
Pará 0.011%
Rondônia 0.010%
Tocantins 0.010%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,411	0.003%
Pernambuco	1,024	0.011%
Bahia	935	0.007%
Pará	871	0.011%
Ceará	678	0.008%
Maranhão	651	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	585	0.004%
Amazonas	497	0.013%
Minas Gerais	493	0.002%
Goiás	337	0.005%
Piauí	328	0.010%
Alagoas	296	0.010%
Paraíba	279	0.007%
Paraná	236	0.002%
Espírito Santo	223	0.006%
Mato Grosso	201	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	169	0.005%
Rondônia	161	0.010%
Tocantins	152	0.010%
Sergipe	143	0.007%
Distrito Federal	131	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	122	0.004%
Santa Catarina	81	0.001%
Acre	76	0.009%
Roraima	71	0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul	65	0.001%
Amapá	61	0.008%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Enoque

Behind the Name gives Enoque as the Portuguese form of Enoch, from Hebrew Ḥanokh, 'dedicated'. Bible Hub gives the Hebrew name the sense 'initiated', linked to a Hebrew root glossed as 'dedicated', and records it for four biblical figures. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,277 people named Enoque, with a median age of 50. The name is almost always male and is proportionally most common in Amazonas. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Henoque and Enoc as spelling variants.

Sources

Behind the Name: Enoch · behindthename.com · meaning
Bible Hub: Chanoch (Strong's H2585) · biblehub.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Enoque · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Enoque

What does the name Enoque mean?

Enoque means “dedicated”, according to Behind the Name and Bible Hub.

How many people are named Enoque in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,277 people with the first name Enoque, which ranks it number 1,683 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Enoque a boy's or a girl's name?

Enoque is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 37 women and 10,240 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Enoque?

Enoque is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Enoque most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.013% of the state's population is named Enoque (497 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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