Noah Forename
4,609th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 227,667 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel
Noah Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew, the meaning is given variously in the Old Testament as ‘rest’ and 'wandering’. It was not uncommon in the 17th C, and survived in use in the 18th and 19th C both in England and the USA.
Read More About This ForenameNoah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 38,419 | 1:9,436 | 1,042 |
| Uganda | 98% | 25,770 | 1:1,589 | 254 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 24,310 | 1:7,304 | 1,066 |
| Kenya | 100% | 20,546 | 1:2,254 | 419 |
| Israel | 90% | 19,526 | 1:430 | 58 |
| Zambia | - | 13,879 | 1:1,142 | 250 |
| Ghana | 99% | 12,305 | 1:2,193 | 367 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 11,311 | 1:1,364 | 251 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 10,774 | 1:4,900 | 795 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| Brazil | 98% | 4,463 | 1:48,003 | 3,416 |
| Spain | 75% | 4,446 | 1:10,466 | 785 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 4,374 | 1:1,864 | 222 |
| Malawi | 99% | 4,315 | 1:3,966 | 631 |
| South Africa | 99% | 2,919 | 1:18,682 | 2,653 |
| Sudan | - | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Ethiopia | - | 2,196 | 1:44,426 | 4,461 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,932 | 1:17,150 | 1,638 |
| Liberia | 66% | 1,660 | 1:2,658 | 377 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Philippines | 88% | 1,414 | 1:74,971 | 4,677 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,124 | 1:62,336 | 6,225 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,075 | 1:73,020 | 2,189 |
| Egypt | 74% | 933 | 1:98,500 | 4,548 |
| Cameroon | 59% | 867 | 1:24,926 | 2,056 |
| England | 99% | 830 | 1:66,991 | 2,876 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Australia | - | 492 | 1:27,759 | 1,713 |
| Botswana | 100% | 485 | 1:4,504 | 755 |
| India | 100% | 420 | 1:2,892,567 | 133,405 |
| Sweden | 97% | 375 | 1:26,288 | 1,691 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 308 | 1:239,700 | 10,081 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 303 | 1:55,782 | 3,660 |
| Poland | 61% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Germany | 100% | 266 | 1:363,451 | 4,351 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 237 | 1:128,481 | 8,460 |
| China | - | 192 | 1:7,114,874 | 59,365 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 177 | 1:46,404 | 2,125 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| France | 99% | 141 | 1:471,421 | 5,233 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 139 | 1:1,855,854 | 97,231 |
| Denmark | - | 125 | 1:45,196 | 1,809 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 121 | 1:269,616 | 6,048 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 118 | 1:1,320 | 357 |
| Namibia | - | 108 | 1:22,261 | 1,948 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 102 | 1:5,696 | 679 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| New Zealand | - | 72 | 1:63,001 | 3,164 |
| Japan | - | 59 | 1:2,169,255 | 20,269 |
| Czechia | 86% | 57 | 1:186,950 | 1,548 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 56 | 1:43,906 | 1,933 |
| Finland | 100% | 54 | 1:101,540 | 2,403 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| South Korea | - | 48 | 1:115,509 | 5,577 |
| Mexico | 73% | 46 | 1:2,698,792 | 14,064 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Singapore | 100% | 43 | 1:146,211 | 7,964 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Wales | 100% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Belgium | 100% | 36 | 1:319,168 | 6,264 |
| Norway | 100% | 33 | 1:155,525 | 4,252 |
| Hong Kong | - | 28 | 1:276,883 | 3,560 |
| Scotland | 93% | 28 | 1:191,084 | 3,449 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Russia | 100% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| South Sudan | 75% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Italy | 62% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Greenland | - | 14 | 1:4,026 | 570 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Albania | 82% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Argentina | - | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Chile | 71% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Costa Rica | 75% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Nicaragua | - | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Ireland | 88% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Hungary | 81% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Nöah (3), Noáh (1) & Nôah (1) are calculated separately.
Noah (86,854) may also be a surname.
Noah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew, the meaning is given variously in the Old Testament as ‘rest’ and 'wandering’. It was not uncommon in the 17th C, and survived in use in the 18th and 19th C both in England and the USA.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘rest.’ Mankind has retained a pleasant memory of him who invented the Noah’s ark still dear to children.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as a baptismal name. The Scripture name, in Hebrew נוח, Nóah, signifying ‘rest.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - Best.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
No'-ah, repose, rest, consolation. 1. The son of Lamech, born A. M. 1056. Amidst the general corruption of the human race, he only was found righteous, Gen. vi. 9; and was saved with his family in the ark, when God. destroyed all the inhabitants of the antediluvian world. 2. A daughter of Zelophehad. Num. xxvi. 33.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: (1) rest: (2), movable (name of female).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Rest: consolation.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
This forename is prevalent in Turkey, Somalia and Sudan. This name is originally from the name of an islamic Prophet called Nuh or Noah.
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