Meaning of the nameNoa

Noa is a spelling of the name Noah, which means “rest, repose”.

Meaning

“rest, repose”

Meaning of the name Noah, of which Noa is a spelling.

People (2022): 10,168
Rank in Brazil: #1,694
Median age: 1 years
2010 Census: 210; people

Noa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Noa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (8,428 people).

635 women 9,533 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Noa is most common

States with the highest share of people named Noa in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.007%
Distrito Federal 0.007%
Amazonas 0.007%
Santa Catarina 0.007%
Goiás 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,841	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	1,139	0.007%
Minas Gerais	829	0.004%
Paraná	587	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	559	0.005%
Santa Catarina	511	0.007%
Bahia	471	0.003%
Goiás	470	0.007%
Pará	320	0.004%
Ceará	296	0.003%
Amazonas	270	0.007%
Espírito Santo	220	0.006%
Pernambuco	209	0.002%
Mato Grosso	206	0.006%
Maranhão	198	0.003%
Distrito Federal	195	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	133	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	102	0.003%
Rondônia	98	0.006%
Alagoas	91	0.003%
Paraíba	80	0.002%
Piauí	80	0.002%
Sergipe	74	0.003%
Tocantins	53	0.004%
Acre	49	0.006%
Amapá	44	0.006%
Roraima	43	0.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Noa

Without the final H. Behind the Name lists Noa among the forms of Noah in other languages and, in another entry, as a Hebrew female name of different origin; in Brazil IBGE records it almost always as male.

About the name Noah

Wiktionary derives Noah from Biblical Hebrew Nōaḥ, the name of the biblical character who is called Noé in Portuguese. Behind the Name links the name to the Hebrew root nuaḥ, 'rest, repose'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,621 people named Noah, with a median age of 1; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro. Almost all records are of people born from 2010 onward. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Noah and Noha as spelling variants of Noa.

Other spellings of Noah

Spelling	People (2022)
Noah	42,621
Noa	10,168

Sources

Behind the Name: Noah · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Noah · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Noa · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Noa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Noa

What does the name Noa mean?

Noa means “rest, repose”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Noah, of which Noa is a spelling.

How many people are named Noa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,168 people with the first name Noa, which ranks it number 1,694 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Noa a boy's or a girl's name?

Noa is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 635 women and 9,533 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Noa?

Noa is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Noa most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.007% of the state's population is named Noa (1,139 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Noa?

Noah. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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