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In all the world, Chanoch (חנוך , Chanoch , Ханох ) is a very rare boy's forename. The first name Chanoch is characteristic of Israel, where it is a rare masculine name, and the United States, where it is a very rare masculine name. Very seldom, Chanoch is the last name as well as the forename.
Chanoch is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Enoch , the Biblical figure, son of Jared, Antediluvian Patriarch, First Witness of Rapture, Sirach; Nucky Thompson , the fictional character in Boardwalk Empire; Metatron , the character from His Dark Materials; Enoch , the fictional character and Enoch J. Drebber , character in A Study in Scarlet, among other works.