Noah Name Meaning, Origin & Pronunciation

Noah means rest, comfort. From the Hebrew Noach, meaning rest or comfort.

Noah comes from the Hebrew Noach, meaning rest or comfort. In the Book of Genesis, Noah builds an ark to save his family and pairs of animals from a great flood, a story shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and echoing older flood tales from Mesopotamia. English-speaking Puritans used the name from the seventeenth century, and it has stayed in the mix since, becoming especially familiar in the twenty-first century. Noah is short and calm, with an open vowel sound. Noah Webster, who wrote an early American dictionary, is a notable historical bearer.

Variants of Noah

NoeNoéNoachNoè

Well-known people named Noah

Noah Webster.

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