Baruch

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Baruch (בָּרוּךְ"Blessed", Standard Hebrew Baruḫ, Tiberian Hebrew Bārûḵ) is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible:

Baruch ben Neriah, aid to the prophet Jeremiah
Baruch son of Zabbai, is listed in the Book of Nehemiah as helping Nehemiah to repair the walls of Jerusalem ()
Baruch son of Col-Hozeh is listed as a member of the Tribe of Judah who settled in Jerusalem ()

There are several deuterocanonical, apocryphal, or pseudepigraphical books named Baruch:

The Book of Baruch is a deuterocanonical book, considered by Jews and most Protestants to be apocryphal.
2 Baruch (also called the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch), 3 Baruch (also called the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch), and 4 Baruch are considered apocryphal and pseudepigraphical by most Christians

Other uses:

Baruch (His Dark Materials)''
Bernard Baruch, American financier
The Baruch of Baghdad is the king of the Saracens in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival
Baruch is also the first name of the philosopher Spinoza

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