Noa

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Noah in US United States, AE United Arab Emirates, TT Trinidad & Tobago and 14 more, Noe in MX Mexico, BR Brazil, PE Peru and 7 more and Ნოე in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Noa is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name89K records spelled Noa19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, Brazil, United States, Belgium

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Noä, Noá, Noâ, No'A, Noà

• Portuguese given name56K records spelled Noa5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, Spain, Israel

  Also written Noá, Noã, Noâ, Noà

• Croatian given name19K records spelled Noa22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Poland, United States, Czechia

  Languages: Croatian, Polish, Czech

  Also written Noah, Ноа, Noaḥ, Ñòáh, Nôãh

• Hebrew given name11K records spelled Noa5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Netherlands, Spain

  Also written נעה, Noà, Nõã, No'A

• German given name4.3K records spelled Noa20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United States

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written Neuen, Noea, Noae, Noä, Noā

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Noa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, nones

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Nom biblique d’origine hébraïque, associé à la fille de Joseph.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Spanish, from the Biblical personal name Noah.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Movimiento, sacudida, temblor

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Movimento

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 84 years between 1927–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Noa Shiodab. 1955JPJapanese cooking expert
• Noa Yumekib. 1973JPJapanese actress
• Noa Knollerb. 1978ILIsraeli actress (*1978)
• Noa Kolerb. 1981ILIsraeli actress
• Noa Argamanib. 1997ILIsraeli hostage taken by Hamas in 2023
• Noa Eikawab. 1997JPJapanese AV idol
• Noa Langb. 1999NLDutch association football player (born 1999)
• Noa Kirelb. 2001ILIsraeli singer, actress, dancer, and television host
• Noa Zattab. 2001ITItalian actress
• Noa KawaiJPJapanese illustrator

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,139 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Noa?

We estimate roughly 572 thousand people bear Noa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Noa have the most bearers?

We estimate about 370 thousand people bear Noa in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled noah.

How common is Noa compared with other names?

In the United States, Noa is the 647th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Noa a male or female name?

Noa is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Noa mean?

Recorded meaning: Hebrew name meaning 'motion' or 'movement'; also used as a modern feminine form of Noah.