Noah

NO-uh

Hebrew

"rest, repose"

Noah Origin and Meaning

The name Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest, repose".

Noah is nearly a patriarch of popular baby names at this point, going from Old Testament graybeard to Top 10 name in 2009, hitting Number 1 in 2013, and now settled into second place in the US for the past seven years.

Noah was derived from the Hebrew name Noach, which itself came from the root nuach, meaning "rest," although some sources claim it can also carry the opposite meaning, "motion." In the Bible, Noah was deemed the only righteous man of his time, singled out by God to survive the great flood sent to punish the world. He built his famous ark, onto which he herded a pair of every animal.

A generation or two ago, Noah seemed far too antiquated to become a popular name. But now, along with brethren Abraham, Moses, and even Elijah, it's eminently baby-worthy.

Noah's popularity is widely international, ranking highly in all English-speaking countries along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Noah is also a top name in countries as diverse as Belgium and Brazil, Norway and Chile.

Actor Rupert Graves and singer Michael Buble both have sons named Noah. Billy Ray Cyrus, responsible for the name Miley, crossed gender lines to call another of his daughters Noah.

The feminine homonym Noa -- which isn't a form of the Biblical male Noah (it's a separate female name from the Old Testament) -- is currently the most popular girls' name in Israel. And Noah itself, with its vowel ending, is evidence of the trend toward softer sounds in boys' names, along with brothers Joshua and Asher.

While variation Noa is an actual girls' name drawn from a female figure in the Bible, it is sometimes used as a sleekened spelling of Noah.

Noah Rank in US Top 1000

# 2 in the US

Noah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 34 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Noah

• 2 US 2023
• 34 Nameberry 2025
• 1 Canada 2023
• 12 Future 2035
• 2 England 2023
• 1 Scotland 2024
• 2 Ireland 2024
• 2 Australia 2024
• 1 New Zealand 2024
• 6 France 2023
• 1 Germany 2024
• 1 Netherlands 2024
• 29 Italy 2023
• 42 Spain 2023
• 50 Portugal 2020
• 172 Mexico 2021
• 7 Brazil 2024
• 1 Sweden 2024
• 2 Norway 2024
• 5 Denmark 2023
• 1 Belgium 2023
• 1 Switzerland 2023
• 6 Austria 2023
• 4 Argentina 2021
• 38 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Noah

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• Jacob
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Famous People Named Noah

• Noah Biblical ark,builder
• Noah Gregory Centineo (b. 1996) American actor
• Noah Webster American lexicographer
• Noah Nicholas Beery American actor
• Noah Lindsey Beery American actor
• Noah Strausser Speer Wyle American actor
• Noah Mills Canadian,American male model
• Noah Raymond Brickley aka Noah23 Canadian,American rapper
• Noah Munck American actor
• Noah Benjamin Lennox aka Panda Bear American musician of Animal Collective
• Noah Gray Cabey, American actor and pianist
• Noah George Taylor English,Australian actor
• Noah Baumbach American film director
• Noah Shebib aka 40 Canadian music producer
• Noah Sierota American bassist for band Echosmith
• Noah Lowry American baseball pitcher
• Noah Edelman (b. 1978) son of singer Jackie DeShannon and Randy Edelman
• Noah Hutton (b. 1987) son of actors Timothy Hutton and Debra Winger
• Noah Becker (b. 1994) son of model Barbara Becker and tennis player Boris Becker
• Noah Duguay (b. 1995) son of model Kim Alexis and ice hockey player Ron Duguay
• Noah Tinsley (b. 1999) son of violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band
• Noah Weiland (b. 2000) son of late singer Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots
• Noah Yorke (b. 2001) son of singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead
• Noah Vaughn Atwood (b. 2003) son of YouTuber Roman Atwood
• Noah Corfield (b. 2004) son of actress Sunetra Sarker and Nick Corfield
• Noah Etienne Guillaume Gabriel Matthias Xavier de Nassau (b. 2007) Prince of Luxembourg, son of Prince Louis
• Noah Graves (b. 2007) son of English actor Rupert Graves
• Noah Shaaban (b. 2008) son of footballer Rami Shaaban
• Noah Angel Solomon (b. 2009) octuplet of Octomom Nadya Suleman
• Noah Roger Deffenbaugh (b. 2009) son of singer Jo Dee Messina
• Noah Nicholas Martin Evans (b. 2009) son of TV presenter Chris Evans
• Noah Monteiro (b. 2009) son of racing driver Tiago Monteiro
• Noah James Finder (b. 2010) son of Jordan Ward,Finder and Brian Finder of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
• Noah Matthew Smith (b. 2010) son of Jennifer del Rio and Joshua Smith of TV's "16 and Pregnant;" twin of brother Joshua Devan Smith
• Noah Shannon Green (b. 2012) son of actors Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox
• Noah Rev Maurer (b. 2012) son of actor Josh Lucas
• Noah Phoenix Mazur (b. 2012) son of model and actress Alessandra Ambrosio
• Noah Buble (b. 2013) son of singer Michael Buble
• Noah Santiago Tisdelle (b. 2013) son of actress Michelle Morgan and Derek Tisdelle
• Noah Vick (b. 2014) son of TV personality Kalenna Harper and Tony Vick
• Noah Murphy (b. 2014) son of baseball player Daniel Murphy
• Noah Dalton (b. 2014) son of NFL player Andy Dalton
• Noah Soares (b. 2015) son of tennis player Bruno Soares
• Noah Atweh (b. 2015) son of singers Sandy Molling and Nasri Tony Atweh
• Noah Grossman American YouTuber and member of Smosh
• Noah Russell Westbrook (b. 2017) son of American pro basketball player Russell Westbrook
• Noah Schnapp American actor

The name Noah in Pop Culture

• Noah Puckerman character on Fox's "Glee"
• Noah Calhoun main character in book/movie "The Notebook"
• Noah St. Clair military surgeon and Velvare's messenger in "The Silver Eye," a webcomic by Laura Hollingsworth
• Noah MacManus father from the Boondock Saints movie series
• Noah Bennet character on NBC's "Heroes"
• Noah Claypole character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
• Noah (or Noa) Kaiba character from anime ""Yu,Gi,Oh!"
• Noah Curtis character in the movie "2012"
• Noah Sweetwine character in Jandy Nelson's "I'll Give You The Sun"
• Noah Gallagher main character in Betsy Cornwell's "Tides"
• Noah Lawson character in Australian soap "Home & Away"
• Noah Vosen character in movie "The Bourne Ultimatum"
• Noah and the Whale English indie folk band
• Noah Beckett main character on TV's "Second Noah"
• Noah Daniels character on Fox's "24"
• Noah Drake character on soap "General Hospital"
• Noah Bennett character on NBC's "Passions"
• Noah fon Ronsenburg aka Gabranth character in video game "Final Fantasy XII"
• Noah Joad character in book/movie "The Grapes of Wrath"
• Noah Hicks character on ABC's "Alias"
• Noah Keller main character in movie "The Ring"
• Noah main character in anime "Monsuno"
• Noah King character on animated series "Noah and Saskia"
• Noah Kuttler supervillain in DC Comics
• Noah Mayer character on soap "As the World Turns"
• Noah Newman character on soap "The Young and the Restless"
• Noah Nichols character on TV's "Noah's Arc"
• Noah Parker character in animated series "Atomic Betty"
• Noah Tate character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Noah Taylor character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
• Noah minor character on anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
• Noah character on animated series "Total Drama Island"
• Noah character in Anthony Horowitz's book series The Power of Five
• Noah Jackson character on Family's "The Latest Buzz"
• Noah Underwood main character in Carl Hiaasen's "Flush"
• Noah Elliot Simon Shaw character from the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Noah Foster a main character on MTV's "Scream: The TV Series"
• "Noah " 2014 movie about the Biblical Noah
• Noah Stilinski character on MTV's "Teen Wolf"
• Noah Flynn character in ''The kissing booth''
• Noah de Clevedon character in "The Madness" by Alison Rattle

International Variations of the name Noah

• Khairiya Spanish
• Noë French
• Noë French
• Noé Spanish
• Nuh Arabic