Meaning of the nameNoah

Noah is the English spelling of Noé, a male name of Hebrew origin (Nōaḥ) linked to the idea of 'rest' or 'repose'.

Meaning

“rest, repose”

People (2022): 42,621
Rank in Brazil: #636
Median age: 1 years
2010 Census: 509; people

Noah in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Noah, 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 (33,963 people).

1,149 women 41,472 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 Noah is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,580	0.026%
Rio de Janeiro	5,682	0.035%
Minas Gerais	3,504	0.017%
Paraná	2,604	0.023%
Santa Catarina	2,223	0.029%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,174	0.020%
Bahia	1,844	0.013%
Goiás	1,614	0.023%
Ceará	1,527	0.017%
Pará	1,178	0.015%
Amazonas	1,037	0.026%
Distrito Federal	946	0.034%
Pernambuco	877	0.010%
Maranhão	820	0.012%
Espírito Santo	790	0.021%
Mato Grosso	584	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	539	0.016%
Paraíba	500	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	489	0.018%
Alagoas	398	0.013%
Sergipe	367	0.017%
Piauí	366	0.011%
Rondônia	276	0.018%
Tocantins	215	0.014%
Roraima	179	0.028%
Amapá	168	0.023%
Acre	140	0.017%

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

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.

It ends in H, like the English and German spelling of the name, and is the most recorded spelling in the group.

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 Noah

What does the name Noah mean?

Noah means “rest, repose”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Noah in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 42,621 people with the first name Noah, which ranks it number 636 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Noah is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,149 women and 41,472 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Noah?

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

In which Brazilian state is Noah most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.035% of the state's population is named Noah (5,682 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Noah?

Noa. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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