Noe

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Noah in US United States, AE United Arab Emirates, TT Trinidad & Tobago and 14 more, Noa in FR France 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 9 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◐

Noe is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name289K records spelled Noe99 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Nø, Noee, Noé, No, Nö

• a separate given name18K records spelled Noe8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Noé, Noè, Noë, Nöe, Nōe

• Catalan given name5.0K records spelled Noe3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Noè, Noé

• a separate given name4.9K records spelled Noe6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain, Paraguay

  Also written Noé, Noë, N̶o̶e̶, Noè, Noê

• Burmese given name4.7K records spelled Noe72 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), United States, Malaysia, Peru

  Also written Ñôê, Nõe, Nõê, Ñöë, Ñôé

• Thai given name3.3K records spelled Noe89 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, United States, Peru

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written เหนือ, Nurse, Noé, Nei, Nea

• Polish given name3.1K records spelled Noe7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Noe', Noé, Noè, Noë

65 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●

Noe 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 English, Archaic spelling of Noah.

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

• In Italian, do nome hebraico Noah; o sobrenome se define com fq. Noe.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, männl. Vom., Variante von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Tranquilo, calmado

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

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, alternative form of noko (“something”)

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

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) — 122 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Noah Websterb. 1758USnot in their usual nameAmerican lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
• Noah Beeryb. 1882USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1882–1946)
• Noah Baumbachb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican filmmaker (born 1969)
• Noah Wyleb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1971)
• Yuval Noah Hararib. 1976ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers
• Adam Levineb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1979)
• Noah Centineob. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Noah Ringerb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Noah Lylesb. 1997USnot in their usual nameAmerican sprinter
• Noah Jupeb. 2005GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor

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 · 907 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Noe?

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

In which country does Noe have the most bearers?

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

How common is Noe compared with other names?

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

Is Noe a male or female name?

Noe 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 Noe mean?

Recorded meaning: from Hebrew Noah 'long lived'; first attested c1 125 StCh