The name Noah means ‘rest’ or ‘to bring about rest’. The name comes from the Hebrew, but at the same time it also goes back to the Babylonian word ‘nukhu’, which also means ‘rest’ or ‘ calmness’.
Noah is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
Noah is extremely common as a first name for boys. Currently, over 20,000 babies are named Noah each year, giving it first place for boys in the SmartGenius first name statistics. Of all the boys born in the last ten years, 1.1 % are named Noah. In the entire USA, approximately 447,024 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Noah. That is 0.13 % of all living Americans.
The name Noah means ‘rest’ or ‘to bring about rest’. The name comes from the Hebrew, but at the same time it also goes back to the Babylonian word ‘nukhu’, which also means ‘rest’ or ‘ calmness’.
Did you know... that the biblical figure Noah appears in several holy texts like the New Testament, the Talmud and the Koran?
Noah Lewis (1891 - 1961)
He was one of the central musicians of the so-called 'jug band scene', which is characterized by one of the band members blowing on a jug, or clay pitcher, to produce bassy sounds.
Noah Centineo (*1996)
One of the rising stars of recent years is Noah Centineo. He plays Peter Kavinsky in the Netflix hits ' To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before'.
Noah Lyles (*1997)
He is the 2019 world champion and the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m. Furthermore he has also won several other gold medals, such as at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
Noah (ca. 3rd millenium b.c.)
One story in the Bible tells of Noah who built a huge ship that could hold a couple of each kind of animal and his own family. Then it rained for 40 days and nights and drowned all the wicked who were left behind.
When you hear the name Noah, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Noah? Are you also called Noah? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
there is Noah's Ark a non-profit Animal Sanctuary that houses over 1,500 animals.
in Williamstown there is the family friendly Ark Encounter theme park, with a large representation of Noah's ark.
you can visit the Tomb of prophet Noah also called Noah's Mausoleum.
with the name Noah's Ark is located in Turkey.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Noah is one of them. However, Noah is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 3,324 men called Noah who live here are 0,599% of all male residents and push their name up to #34 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Nevada. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 447,024 people with the name Noah. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Noah on position 66 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: 3.0% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an N. This means that N as the first letter for boys' names is neither particularly common nor rare. The most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With four letters, the name Noah is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, if 3.0% of all boys’ names start with an N, this initial letter is slightly less common than all other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with N that are quite common in the U.S., the most common at present is Nicholas.
If your name is Noah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Noah, you can simply say:
Nut
Orange
Apple
Hat
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Noah
Noah
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
N
O
A
H
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
N
O
A
H
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Noah sounds like this:
