Noah at a glance
- Meaning
- “rest, comfort”
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Pronunciation
- NOH-uh
- Other forms
- Noé, Noach, Nuh
Where the name Noah comes from
In the Bible, Noah builds an ark to save his family and the animals from a great flood. The name was used by Puritans but was not very common until recent decades. It has been one of the most popular boys’ names in England and the US in the 2020s.