Noah (name)

Noah is an English masculine given name derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Hebrew in origin from the root word "nuach”/“nuakh”, meaning rest. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root word Nahum meaning "to comfort" with the final consonant dropped.

Popularity
From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US. In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia.

In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales. Noah was among the five most popular names for black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022.

In 2022, in the United States, the name Noah was given to 18,621 boys, making it the second most popular name.

The name is also popular for boys in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Quebec, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland.

Variants in other languages

 * Arabic: نُوحْ (Nūḥ)
 * Armenian: Նոյ (Noy)
 * Bengali: নূহ (Nooh)
 * Bulgarian: Ноа (Noа)
 * Catalan: Noè
 * Croatian: Noa
 * Czech: Noe
 * Dutch: Noë
 * Persian: Noa
 * Finnish: Nooa
 * French: Noé
 * Georgian: ნოე (Noe)
 * Greek: Νώε (Noé)
 * Hebrew: נֹחַ (Noakh)
 * Hindi: नूह (Nooh)
 * Hungarian: Noé
 * Icelandic: Nói
 * Indonesian/Malay : Nuh
 * Irish: Naoi
 * Italian: Noè
 * Latvian: Noass
 * Lithuanian: Nojus
 * Polish: Noe
 * Portuguese: Noé
 * Romanian: Noe
 * Russian: Ной (Noy)
 * Sicilian: Nuè
 * Somali: Nuux (Nuh)
 * Spanish: Noé
 * Serbian: Ноје (Noje)
 * Telugu: నోవహు (Novahu)
 * Turkish: Nuh
 * Yoruba: Noa
 * Tamil: Nagan

A

 * Noah Abatneh (born 2004), Canadian soccer player
 * Noah Abich (born 1987), Kenyan footballer
 * Noah Abid (born 2000), Tunisian-Dutch footballer
 * Noah Ablett (1883–1935), Welsh trade unionist
 * Noah Abrams (born 1998), English footballer
 * Noah Adamia (1917–1942), Soviet sniper
 * Noah Adams, American journalist
 * Noah Akwu (born 1990), Nigerian sprinter
 * Noah Alexandersson (born 2001), Swedish footballer
 * Noah Al-Khulaifi (born 1999), Qatari swimmer
 * Noah Allen (born 2004), American soccer player
 * Noah G. Allen (born 1927), American football coach
 * Noah al-Qudah (1939–2010), Jordanian religious figure
 * Noah Anderson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
 * Noah Answerth (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
 * Noah Arbit (born 1995), American politician
 * Noah Armstrong (1823–1907), American miner
 * Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972), American author
 * Noah Atubolu (born 2002), German footballer
 * Noah Augustine (1971–2010), Canadian activist
 * Noah Awassi (born 1998), German-Beninese footballer
 * Noah Awuku (born 2000), German-Ghanaian footballer
 * Noah Ben Azure (born 1960), Ghanaian politician

B

 * Noah Baerman, American pianist
 * Noah Baffoe (born 1993), Spanish footballer
 * Noah Balta (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
 * Noah Barker (born 1992), Canadian rugby union footballer
 * Noah Barou (1889–1955), Ukrainian trade unionist
 * Noah Bastian (born 1979), American actor
 * Noah Baumbach (born 1969), American film director
 * Noah Baxpöhler (born 1993), German volleyball player
 * Noah Sarenren Bazee (born 1996), German-Nigerian footballer
 * Noah Bean (born 1978), American actor
 * Noah Beauchamp (1785–1842), American blacksmith
 * Noah Beck (born 2001), American social medial personality
 * Noah Becker (born 1970), Canadian-American artist
 * Noah Beery (1882–1946), American actor
 * Noah Beery Jr. (1913–1994), American actor
 * Noah Biggs, English medical reformer
 * Noah Billingsley (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
 * Noah Bischof (born 2002), Austrian footballer
 * Noah Bitsch (born 1989), German karateka
 * Noah Blasucci (born 1999), Swiss-Italian footballer
 * Noah Boeken (born 1981), Dutch poker player
 * Noah Botic (born 2002), Australian footballer
 * Noah Bowman (born 1992), Canadian skier
 * Noah Bradley, American artist
 * Noah Bratschi (born 2000), American rock climber
 * Noah Bridges, English stenographer
 * Noah Brooks (1830–1903), American journalist
 * Noah Brosch (born 1948), Israeli astronomer
 * Noah Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Kenshin Browne (born 2001), Canadian-Japanese footballer
 * Noah Bryant (born 1984), American shot putter
 * Noah Burton (1896–1956), English footballer
 * Noah Buschel (born 1978), American writer and director
 * Noah B. Butt (1886–1956), American politician
 * Noah Buxton (1876–1967), English cricketer
 * Noah Henry Byington (1809–1877), American physician and politician

C

 * Noah Cadiou (born 1998), French footballer
 * Noah Cain (born 2000), American football player
 * Noah Cantor (born 1971), Canadian football player
 * Noah Cappe (born 1977), Canadian actor
 * Noah Carl (born 1990), British sociologist
 * Noah Carroll, Australian politician
 * Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
 * Noah Caton (1897–1922), American football player
 * Noah Centineo (born 1996), American actor
 * Noah Charney (born 1979), American novelist
 * Noah Chesmain (born 1997), English footballer
 * Noah Chilvers (born 2001), English footballer
 * Noah Chivuta (born 1983), Zambian footballer
 * Noah Cicero (born 1980), American novelist
 * Noah Clarke (born 1979), American ice hockey player
 * Noah B. Cloud (1809–1875), American politician
 * Noah Clowney (born 2004), American basketball player
 * Noah Cobb (born 2004), American soccer player
 * Noah Comet, American professor
 * Noah D. Comstock (1832–1890), American farmer and politician
 * Noah Cooke (1831–1919), English poet
 * Noah Cottrell (born 2007), American actor
 * Noah Cowan (1967–2023), Canadian film executive
 * Noah Crawford (born 1994), American actor
 * Noah Creshevsky (1945–2020), American composer
 * Noah Crétier (born 2001), French footballer
 * Noah Croes (born 1999), Dutch cricketer
 * Noah Cumberland (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
 * Noah Cyrus (born 2000), American singer

D

 * Noah Dahlman (born 1989), American basketball player
 * Noah Dana-Picard (born 1954), Israeli mathematician
 * Noah Danby (born 1974), Canadian actor
 * Noah Darvich (born 2006), German footballer
 * Noah Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player
 * Noach Dear (1953–2020), American judge
 * Noah Deledda (born 1978), American sculptor
 * Noah Delgado (born 1979), American soccer player
 * Noah De Ridder (born 2003), Belgian footballer
 * Noah Dickerson (born 1997), American basketball player
 * Noah Dietrich (1889–1982), American businessman
 * Noah Diffenbaugh (born 1974), American scientist
 * Noah Diliberto (born 2001), French footballer
 * Noah Dobson (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873–1959), American physicist
 * Noah Komla Dzobo (??–2010), Ghanaian religious leader

E

 * Noah Eagle (born 1997), American sportscaster
 * Noah Efron (born 1959), American-Israeli professor
 * Noah Eile (born 2002), Swedish footballer
 * Noah Elliott (born 1997), American Paralympic snowboarder
 * Noah Elliss (born 1999), American football player
 * Noah Emmerich (born 1965), American actor

F

 * Noah Fadiga (born 1999), Belgian footballer
 * Noah Falck (born 1977), American poet
 * Noah Falstein, American video game designer
 * Noah Fant (born 1997), American football player
 * Noah Fatar (born 2002), French footballer
 * Noah Feil (born 1998), German footballer
 * Noah Feldman (born 1970), American author
 * Noah Henry Ferry (1831–1863), American general
 * Noah Fierer, American ecologist
 * Noah Fifita (born 2003), American football player
 * Noah Finkelstein (born 1968), American professor
 * Noah Fleiss (born 1984), American actor
 * Noach Flug (1925–2011), Israeli economist
 * Noah Franke (born 1995), American soccer player
 * Noah Frick (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
 * Noah Frommelt (born 2000), Liechtensteiner footballer
 * Noah Fuson (born 1999), American soccer player

G

 * Noah Galloway (born 1981), American soldier
 * Noah Galvin (born 1994), American actor and singer
 * Noah Gal Gendler (born 1957), Israeli diplomat
 * Noah Georgeson (born 1975), American musician
 * Noah Gindorff (born 1999), American football player
 * Noah Glass, American entrepreneur
 * Noah Miller Glatfelter (1837–1911), American physician
 * Noah Goldstein, American record producer
 * Noah Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Graber (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
 * Noah Gragson (born 1998), American stock car racing driver
 * Noah Graham (1815–1885), American politician
 * Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player
 * Noah Gray-Cabey (born 1995), American actor
 * Noah K. Green (1808–1886), American politician
 * Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), American conductor
 * Noah Gregor (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Noah Grove (born 1999), American ice sled hockey player
 * Noah Gundersen (born 1989), American singer-songwriter

H

 * Noah Haidu (born 1972), American pianist
 * Noah Hallett (born 1997), Canadian football player
 * Noah Hanifin (born 1997), American ice hockey player
 * Noah Harlan, American filmmaker
 * Noah Harms (born 1997), Aruban footballer
 * Noah Harpster, American actor
 * Noah Hathaway (born 1971), American actor
 * Noah Hawley (born 1967), American author
 * Noah Hegge (born 1999), German canoeist
 * Noah Henchoz (born 2002), Swiss footballer
 * Noah Herron (born 1982), American football player
 * Noah Hershkowitz (1941–2020), American physicist
 * Noah Heward (born 2000), English rugby union footballer
 * Noah Hickey (born 1978), New Zealand footballer
 * Noah Hingley (1796–1877), English industrialist
 * Noah Hobbs (born 2004), English cyclist
 * Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American skier
 * Noah Holcomb (born 1983), American mountain biker
 * Noah Horowitz (born 1979), American art historian
 * Noah Hotham, New Zealand rugby union footballer
 * Noah Howard (1943–2010), American musician
 * Noah Huntley (born 1974), English actor
 * Noah Hutchings (1922–2015), American religious figure
 * Noah Hyman, American politician

I

 * Noah Ibrahim, Nigerian entrepreneur
 * Noah Idechong, Palauan activist
 * Noah Igbinoghene (born 1999), American football player
 * Noah Isenberg (born 1967), American professor

J

 * Noah Jackson (born 1951), American football player
 * Noah Jaffe (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
 * Noah James (born 2001), Australian footballer
 * Noah John (born 2003), Swedish footballer
 * Noah Z. Jones (born 1973), American animator
 * Noah Jupe (born 2005), English actor
 * Noah Juulsen (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player

K

 * Noah K (born 1984), American composer
 * Noah Kahan (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
 * Noah Kalina (born 1980), American filmmaker
 * Noah Kareng, Botswanan footballer
 * Noah Babadi Kasule (born 1985), Ugandan footballer
 * Noah Katterbach (born 2001), German footballer
 * Noah Keen (1920–2019), American actor
 * Noah Kibet (born 2004), Kenyan runner
 * Noah Kim (born 2001), American football player
 * Noah Kin (born 1994), Finnish-Nigerian rapper
 * Noah Mawete Kinsiona (born 2005), Belgian footballer
 * Noah Klieger (1925–2018), Israeli journalist
 * Noah O. Knight (1929–1951), American soldier
 * Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
 * Noah Korczowski (born 1994), German footballer
 * Noah Kraft (born 1987/1988), American entrepreneur
 * Noah Kuavita (born 1999), Belgian artistic gymnast

L

 * Noah Laba (born 2003), American ice hockey player
 * Noah Landis, American keyboardist
 * Noah Lennox (born 1978), American musician
 * Noah Levenson (born 1981), American computer programmer
 * Noah Levine (born 1971), American teacher
 * Noah Michael Levine (born 1962), American voice actor
 * Noah Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Locke (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Noah Lolesio (born 1999), Australian rugby union footballer
 * Noah Lomax (born 2001), American actor
 * Noah Long (born 2004), Australian rules footballer
 * Noah Loosli (born 1997), Swiss footballer
 * Noah Lor, American politician
 * Noah Lowry (born 1980), American baseball player
 * Noah Ludlow (1795–1886), American actor
 * Noah Lukeman (born 1973), American author
 * Noah Lyles (born 1997), American sprinter
 * Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist

M

 * Noah Malone (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete
 * Noah Mann (1756–1789), English cricketer
 * Noah Maposa (born 1985), Botswanan footballer
 * Noah Martey (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
 * Noah Martin (1801–1863), American businessman and politician
 * Noah Marullo (born 1999), British actor
 * Noah Mascoll-Gomes (born 1999), Antiguan swimmer
 * Noah M. Mason (1882–1965), American politician
 * Noah Mawene (born 2005), English footballer
 * Noah Mbamba (born 2005), Belgian footballer
 * Noah McCourt (born 1994), American activist
 * Noah C. McFarland (1822–1897), American politician
 * Noah Mckay (1956–2009), Iranian-American physician
 * Noah Meier (born 2002), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Noah Merl (born 1983), American soccer player
 * Noah Michel (born 1995), German footballer
 * Noah Mickens, American performance artist
 * Noah Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Mills (born 1983), Canadian model and actor
 * Noah Mintz, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Noah Mozes (1912–1985), Israeli publisher
 * Noah Mullins (1918–1998), American football player
 * Noah Munck (born 1996), American actor
 * Noah Musingku, Solomon Island religious figure

N

 * Noah Nadje (born 2003), French footballer
 * Noah Naujoks (born 2002), Dutch footballer
 * Noah Naylor (born 2000), Canadian baseball player
 * Noah Newby, American politician
 * Noah Ngeny (born 1978), Kenyan athlete
 * Noah Dower Nilsson (born 2006), Swedish ice hockey player
 * Noah Noble (1794–1844), American politician
 * Noah North (1809–1880), American painter
 * Noah Norton (1786–1877), American prospector
 * Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer

O

 * Noah Ohio (born 2003), Dutch-English footballer
 * Noah Okafor (born 2000), Swiss footballer
 * Noah Oppenheim (born 1978), American television producer
 * Noah Östlund (born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player
 * Noah Webster Overstreet (1888–1973), American architect

P

 * Noah Pagden (born 2001), Australian footballer
 * Noah Pallas (born 2001), Finnish footballer
 * Noah Palmer (born 1983), American soccer player
 * Noah Paravicini (born 1997), American soccer player
 * Noah W. Parden (1868–1944), American attorney and politician
 * Noah Persson (born 2003), Swedish footballer
 * Noah Phelps (1740–1809), American general
 * Noah Phelps (Wisconsin politician) (1808–1896), American politician
 * Noah J. Phillips (born 1978), American attorney
 * Noah Picton (born 1995), Canadian football player
 * Noah Pilato (born 1996), American soccer player
 * Noah Pink, American screenwriter
 * Noah Plume (born 1996), German footballer
 * Noah Porter (1811–1892), American writer
 * Noah Powder (born 1998), American soccer player
 * Noah Pransky, American news correspondent
 * Noah Preminger (born 1986), American saxophonist
 * Noah Prince (1797–1872), American politician and judge
 * Noach Pryłucki (1882–1941), Polish politician
 * Noah Purcell (born 1980), American attorney
 * Noah Purifoy (1917–2004), American artist

R

 * Noah Raby (1822–1904), American longevity claimant
 * Noah Raford (born 1978), American futurist
 * Noah Raveyre (born 2005), French footballer
 * Noah Reid (born 1987), Canadian actor and musician
 * Noah Reynolds (born 2002), American basketball player
 * Noah Richler, Canadian author
 * Noah Ringer (born 1996), American actor
 * Noah Robbins (born 1990), American actor
 * Noah Robertson (born 1983), American drummer
 * Noah Rod (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Noah John Rondeau (1883–1967), American hermit
 * Noah Hamilton Rose (1874–1952), American painter
 * Noah Rosenberg, American geneticist
 * Noah Rothman (born 1981), American political commentator
 * Noah Rubin (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Rupp (born 2003), Swiss footballer

S

 * Noah Sadaoui (born 1993), Moroccan footballer
 * Noah Sadiki (born 2004), Belgian footballer
 * Noah Sahsah (born 2005), Danish footballer
 * Noah Sanford (born 1990), American attorney and politician
 * Noah W. Sawyer (1877–1957), American educator and politician
 * Noah Scalin (born 1972), American artist
 * Noah Scherer (born 1992), Swiss skater
 * Noah Schmitt (born 1999), German footballer
 * Noah Schnacky (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
 * Noah Schnapp (born 2004), American actor
 * Noah Schneeberger (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Noah Schultz (born 2003), American baseball player
 * Noah Schwartz (born 1983), American poker player
 * Noah Ryan Scott (born 2000), Canadian actor
 * Noah Segan (born 1983), American actor
 * Noah Sete (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Noah Sewell (born 2002), American football player
 * Noah Shachtman, American journalist
 * Noah Shain, American record producer
 * Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921), Canadian politician
 * Noah Shannon (born 2000), American football player
 * Noah Sheldon (born 1975), American photographer
 * Noah Shepard (born 1986), American football player
 * Noah Sife, American actor
 * Noah Skaalum (born 1995), Danish singer
 * Noah Skirrow (born 1988), Canadian baseball player
 * Noah Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Smithwick (1808–1899), American colonist
 * Noah Söderberg (born 2001), Swiss footballer
 * Noah Solomon (born 1973), Israeli-American musician
 * Noah Solskjær (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
 * Noah Song (born 1997), American baseball player
 * Noah Spence (born 1994), American football player
 * Noah Starr (born 1980), American actor
 * Noah Steiner (born 1999), Austrian footballer
 * Noah Stewart (born 1978), American tenor
 * Noah Stoddard (1755–1850), American privateer
 * Noah Strycker (born 1986), American birdwatcher
 * Noah Sonko Sundberg (born 1996), Swedish footballer
 * Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), American politician
 * Noah S. Sweat (1922–1996), American judge
 * Noah Syndergaard (born 1992), American baseball player

T

 * Noah Taylor (born 1969), English-Australian actor
 * Noah Tepperberg (born 1975), American businessman
 * Noah Thain (born 2005), English cricketer
 * Noah Thomas (1720–1792), Welsh physician
 * Noah Thomasson (born 2001), American basketball player
 * Noah Davis Thompson (??–1933), American writer
 * Noah Timmins (1867–1936), Canadian mining financier
 * Noah Togiai (born 1997), American football player
 * Noah Nirmal Tom (born 1994), Indian athlete
 * Noah Toribio (born 1999), English footballer
 * Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American farmer
 * Noah Andre Trudeau (born 1949), American historian

U

 * Noah Urrea (born 2001), American actor

V

 * Noah Van Sciver (born 1984), American cartoonist
 * Noah Verhoeven (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
 * Noah Virgin (1812–1892), American miller
 * Noah Vonleh (born 1995), American basketball player
 * Noah von Williamsburg (1539–??), German noble

W

 * Noah Waddell (born 2001), American pianist
 * Noah Wafula (born 1990), Kenyan footballer
 * Noah Wallace (born 1991), American skier
 * Noah Wardrip-Fruin, American professor
 * Noah Warren, Canadian-American poet
 * Noah Watts (born 1983), American actor
 * Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer
 * Noah Weißhaupt (born 2001), German footballer
 * Noah Wekesa (born 1936), Kenyan politician
 * Noah Welch (born 1982), American ice hockey player
 * Noah Wenger (1934–2024), American politician
 * Noah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Noah Wolff (1809–1907), German industrialist
 * Noah Worcester (1758–1837), American clergyman
 * Noah Wunsch (born 1970), German painter
 * Noah Wyle (born 1971), American actor

Y

 * Noah Yap (born 1993), Singaporean actor
 * Noah Young (1887–1958), American weightlifter

Z

 * Noah Zane (1778–1833), American politician

Fictional characters

 * Noah Bennet from Heroes
 * Noah Bennett from Passions
 * Noah Claypole from Oliver Twist
 * Noah Drake from General Hospital
 * Noah Lawson from Home and Away
 * Noah Newman from The Young and the Restless
 * Noah van Helsing from Marvel Comics
 * Noah from Total Drama
 * Noah from Xenoblade Chronicles 3
 * Noah Solloway from The Affair

Notable people with the surname "Noah" include

 * Akie Noah, Sierra Leonean footballer
 * Barbara Noah (born 1949), American sculptor
 * David Noah, Indonesian keyboardist
 * Gabriel Noah (born 1986), Cameroonian footballer
 * George Noah (born 1957), Nigerian journalist
 * Harith Noah (born 1993), Indian motorsports athlete
 * Harold J. Noah (1925–2019), American educator
 * Joakim Noah (born 1985), French-American basketball player
 * John Noah (1927–2015), American ice hockey player
 * Kalleem Noah (1868–1952), Lebanese-Canadian businessman
 * Max W. Noah (1932–2018), American lieutenant general
 * Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Somali politician
 * Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785–1851), American playwright
 * Nutty Noah, English entertainer
 * Olajuwon Noah (born 1989), Samoan rugby union footballer
 * Peter Noah, American television producer
 * Rahah Noah (1933–2020), Malaysian social figure
 * Timothy Noah (born 1958), American writer
 * Trevor Noah (born 1984), South African comedian
 * Uki Noah (born 1981), Indonesian guitarist
 * William Noah (born 1944), Canadian politician
 * Yannick Noah (born 1960), French tennis player
 * Zacharie Noah (1937–2017), Cameroonian footballer