Noah (name)
Noah is a given name and surname most likely derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נוֹחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Babylonian and Assyrian origin from the word "nukhu" meaning repose or rest, which is possible in view of the Sumerian/Babylonian source of the flood story. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root meaning "to comfort" (nahum) with the final consonant dropped.[1]
Popularity
Noah is a top 100 name for a boy in the United States. In 2013, 2014, and 2015, the name was the most popular male name in the US.[2] In 2013 it was the third most popular name for boys in Australia.[3]
Variants in other languages
- Arabic: نُوحُ (Nūḥu)
- Armenian: Նոյ (Noy)
- Bulgarian: Ной (Noy)
- Catalan: Noè
- Czech: Noe
- Dutch: Noë
- Finnish: Nooa
- French: Noé
- Georgian: ნოე (Noe)
- Greek: Νώε (Noé)
- Hebrew: נֹחַ (Noakh)
- Hungarian: Noé
- Italian: Noè
- Icelandic: Nói
- Latvian: Noass
- Lithuanian: Nojus
- Polish: Noe
- Portuguese: Noé
- Romanian: Noe
- Russian: Ной (Noy)
- Spanish: Noé
- Serbian: Ноа (Noa)
People with this given name
In modern times
- Noah Adams, author, senior correspondent for National Public Radio, and former co-host of All Things Considered
- Noah Antwiler, host of The Spoony Experiment
- Noah Baumbach, American independent film writer-director
- Noah Beauchamp, blacksmith and Indiana pioneer
- Noah Beery Sr, American actor
- Noah Beery Jr, American actor and son of the former
- Noah Boeken, Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player
- Noah Brooks, American journalist and editor
- Noah Brown (American football), American football player
- Noah Buschel, American writer and director
- Noah Cantor, Canadian CFL player
- Noah Centineo, American actor
- Noah Chesmain, English footballer
- Noah Lindsey Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and younger sister of Miley Cyrus
- Noah Emmerich, American actor
- Noah Eli Gordon, American poet
- Noah Gordon, American novelist
- Noah Gordon, American country music singer
- Noah Gray-Cabey, American child actor
- Noah Hathaway, American actor
- Noah Hoffman, American Olympic skier
- Noah Howard, American free jazz musician
- Noah Hutchings, president of Southwest Radio Church Ministries
- Noah Jupe, English actor
- Noah Kalina, creator of the film Everyday
- Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, founding member of the band Animal Collective
- Noah Lewis, American jug band musician, known for playing the harmonica
- Noah Lukeman, American author, actor and literary agent
- Noah Mann, English cricketer
- Noah Miller, Canadian water polo player
- Noah Mills, Canadian model and actor
- Noah Mozes (1912–85), Israeli newspaper publisher and managing editor
- Noah Ngeny, Kenyan athlete
- Noah Noble, Whig governor of the US state of Indiana from 1831 to 1837
- Noah Palmer, American soccer player
- Noah Porter, American educationalist and philosophical writer
- Noah Qudah, Jordanian Grand Mufti
- Noah John Rondeau, hermit in the Adirondack Mountains
- Noah Robbins, American actor
- Noah Rubin (born 1996), American tennis player
- Noah Schnapp, American actor
- Noah Haynes Swayne, American jurist and politician
- Noah Taylor, London-born Australian actor
- Noah Webster, American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor
- Noah Wyle, American actor
- Noah Young (1887–1958), American weightlifter turned actor
Figures in religious texts
- Noah, a major figure in the Hebrew Bible
- Noah, one of the five Daughters of Zelophehad in the Hebrew Bible
- King Noah, a wicked Nephite king from the Book of Mormon who burned the prophet Abinadi at the stake
- Noah, an early Jaredite king in the Book of Mormon
Fictional characters
- Noah, a minor character in the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
- Noah, renamed after being dubbed in Japanese, originally Beyal, a monk and one of the main protagonists of animated television series Monsuno
- Noah, a group of artificial beings created from the Book of Eibon in manga Soul Eater
- Noah, a farmhand in the Anthony Horowitz book series The Power of Five
- Noah, a character in Total Drama
- Noah, a contestant in the animated series Total Drama Island
- Noah Beckett in the television show Second Noah
- Noah Bennet in the NBC drama Heroes
- Noah Bennett in daytime drama Passions
- Noah Calhoun in 2004 film The Notebook
- Noah Daniels in the American series 24
- Noah Drake in ABC's daytime drama General Hospital
- Noah Hicks, an agent in the American series Alias
- Noah Jackson, a character in The Latest Buzz
- Noah Joad in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath
- Noah Kaiba, an antagonistic character in manga and anime Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Noah Keller, a major character from the 2002 psychological horror movie The Ring
- Noah King, a cartoon character in the television show Noah and Saskia
- Noah Kuttler, a supervillain in the DC Universe
- Noah Lawson in the Australian soap Home and Away
- Noah Mayer in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
- Noah Newman in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Noah Nichols in the Logo TV series Noah's Arc
- Noah Parker, a 12-year-old boy in the animated series Atomic Betty
- Noah "Puck" Puckerman, a character in the Fox series Glee
- Noah fon Ronsenburg, also known as Gabranth, a major character in the video game Final Fantasy XII
- Noah Sweetwine, a character in Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You The Sun
- Noah Tate in the ITV soap Emmerdale
- Noah Taylor in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives
- Noah Carver, a character in the Power Rangers Megaforce
- Noah Tomten, the main character of the PBS Kids series Noddy.
People with this surname
- Harold J. Noah, American educationist
- Joakim Noah, Yannick's son, American-French basketball player
- John Noah, American ice hockey player
- Mordecai Manuel Noah, American playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian
- Peter Noah, American television writer and producer
- Tim Noah, American children's entertainer
- Timothy Noah, American writer
- Trevor Noah, South African comedian
- Yannick Noah, Zacharie's son, French tennis player and popular music performer
- Zacharie Noah, Cameroonian footballer who played professionally in France
Fictional characters
- Gertrude Noah, a main character on the British sitcom Come Back Mrs. Noah
See also
References
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of First Names
- ↑ Popularity of Noah in the United States
- ↑ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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