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.
Noah is a top 100 name for a boy in the United States. In 2013 and 2014, the name was the most popular. In 2013 it was the third most popular name for boys in Australia. In 2015 and 2016, the name was again the most popular male name in the US.
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
Latvian: Noass
Lithuanian: Nojus
Polish: Noe
Portuguese: Noe
Romanian: Noe
Russian: Ной (Noy)
Spanish: Noé
Serbian: Ноа (Noa)
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 Buschel, American writer and director
Noah Cantor, CFL player
Noah Centineo, American actor
Noah Lindsey Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and younger sister of Miley Ray 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 Howard, American free jazz musician
Noah Hutchings, president of Southwest Radio Church Ministries
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 U.S. 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 Rubin, American tennis player
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
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
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
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
Gertrude Noah, a main character on the British sitcom Come Back Mrs. Noah
