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Noah is a masculine given name derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נוֹחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Babylonian origin from the word «nukhu» meaning repose or rest, which is possible in view of the Sumerian/Babylonian source of the flood story. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root meaning «to comfort» (nahum) with the final consonant dropped.^[1] It is also reported that its meaning is pleasant.^[2]

Noah

Noah
Pronunciation
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	«Rest»
Region of origin	Eretz Israel

PopularityEdit

From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US.^[3]
In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia.^[4]

In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales.^[5] Noah was among the five most popular names for Black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022. ^[6]

Variants in other languagesEdit

• Arabic: نُوحْ (Nūḥ)
• Armenian: Նոյ (Noy)
• Bengali: নূহ (Nooh)
• Bulgarian: Ноа (Noа)
• Catalan: Noè
• Czech: Noe
• Dutch: Noë
• Persian: Noa
• Finnish: Nooa
• French: Noé
• Georgian: ნოე (Noe)
• Greek: Νώε (Noé)
• Hebrew: נֹחַ (Noakh)
• Hindi: नूह (Nooh)
• Hungarian: Noé
• Icelandic: Nói
• Indonesian/Malay : Nuh
• Irish: Naoi
• Italian: Noè
• Latvian: Noass
• Lithuanian: Nojus
• Polish: Noe
• Portuguese: Noé
• Romanian: Noe
• Russian: Ной (Noy)
• Sicilian: Nuè
• Somali: Nuux (Nuh)
• Spanish: Noé
• Serbian: Ноје (Noje)
• Telugu: నోవహు (Novahu)
• Turkish: Nuh
• Yoruba: Noa
• Tamil: Nagan

Notable people with this given name «Noah» includeEdit

AEdit

• Noah Abich (born 1987), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Abid (born 2000), Tunisian-Dutch footballer
• Noah Ablett (1883–1935), Welsh trade unionist
• Noah Abrams (born 1998), English footballer
• Noah Adamia (1917–1942), Soviet sniper
• Noah Adams, American journalist
• Noah Akwu (born 1990), Nigerian sprinter
• Noah Alexandersson (born 2001), Swedish footballer
• Noah Al-Khulaifi (born 1999), Qatari swimmer
• Noah Allen (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah G. Allen (born 1927), American football coach
• Noah al-Qudah (1939–2010), Jordanian religious figure
• Noah Anderson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Answerth (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Arbit (born 1995), American politician
• Noah Armstrong (1823–1907), American miner
• Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972), American author
• Noah Atubolu (born 2002), German footballer
• Noah Augustine (1971–2010), Canadian activist
• Noah Awassi (born 1998), German-Beninese footballer
• Noah Awuku (born 2000), German-Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Ben Azure (born 1960), Ghanaian politician

BEdit

• Noah Baerman, American pianist
• Noah Balta (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Barker (born 1992), Canadian rugby union footballer
• Noah Barou (1889–1955), Ukrainian trade unionist
• Noah Bastian (born 1979), American actor
• Noah Baumbach (born 1951), American film director
• Noah Baxpöhler (born 1993), German volleyball player
• Noah Sarenren Bazee (born 1996), German-Nigerian footballer
• Noah Bean (born 1978), American actor
• Noah Beauchamp (1785–1842), American blacksmith
• Noah Beck (born 2001), American social medial personality
• Noah Becker (born 1970), Canadian-American artist
• Noah Beery (1882–1946), American actor
• Noah Beery Jr. (1913–1994), American actor
• Noah Biggs, English medical reformer
• Noah Billingsley (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Bischof (born 2002), Austrian footballer
• Noah Bitsch (born 1989), German karateka
• Noah Blasucci (born 1999), Swiss-Italian footballer
• Noah Boeken (born 1981), Dutch poker player
• Noah Botic (born 2002), Australian footballer
• Noah Bowman (born 1992), Canadian skier
• Noah Bradley, American artist
• Noah Bratschi (born 2000), American rock climber
• Noah Bridges, English stenographer
• Noah Brooks (1830–1903), American journalist
• Noah Brosch (born 1948), Israeli astronomer
• Noah Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Kenshin Browne (born 2001), Japanese-Canadian footballer
• Noah Bryant (born 1984), American shot putter
• Noah Burton (1896–1956), English footballer
• Noah Buschel (born 1978), American writer and director
• Noah Buxton (1876–1967), English cricketer
• Noah Henry Byington (1809–1877), American physician and politician

CEdit

• Noah Cantor (born 1971), Canadian football player
• Noah Cappe (born 1977), Canadian actor
• Noah Carl (born 1990), British sociologist
• Noah Carroll, Australian politician
• Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• Noah Caton (1897–1922), American football player
• Noah Centineo (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Charney (born 1979), American novelist
• Noah Chesmain (born 1997), English footballer
• Noah Chilvers (born 2001), English footballer
• Noah Chivuta (born 1983), Zambian footballer
• Noah Cicero (born 1980), American novelist
• Noah Clarke (born 1979), American ice hockey player
• Noah B. Cloud (1809–1875), American politician
• Noah Cobb (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah Comet, American professor
• Noah D. Comstock (1832–1890), American farmer and politician
• Noah Cooke (1831–??), English poet
• Noah Cowan (1967–2023), Canadian film executive
• Noah Crawford (born 1994), American actor
• Noah Creshevsky (1945–2020), American composer
• Noah Crétier (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Cumberland (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Cyrus (born 2000), American singer

DEdit

• Noah Dahlman (born 1989), American basketball player
• Noah Dana-Picard (born 1954), Israeli mathematician
• Noah Danby (born 1974), Canadian actor
• Noah Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player
• Noach Dear (1953–2020), American judge
• Noah Deledda (born 1978), American sculptor
• Noah Delgado (born 1979), American soccer player
• Noah De Ridder (born 2003), Belgian footballer
• Noah Dickerson (born 1997), American basketball player
• Noah Dietrich (1889–1982), American businessman
• Noah Diffenbaugh (born 1974), American scientist
• Noah Diliberto (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Dobson (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873–1959), American physicist
• Noah Komla Dzobo (??–2010), Ghanaian religious leader

EEdit

• Noah Eagle (born 1997), American sportscaster
• Noah Efron (born 1959), American-Israeli professor
• Noah Eile (born 2002), Swedish footballer
• Noah Elliott (born 1997), American Paralympic snowboarder
• Noah Elliss (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Emmerich (born 1965), American actor

FEdit

• Noah Fadiga (born 1999), Belgian footballer
• Noah Falck (born 1977), American poet
• Noah Falstein, American video game designer
• Noah Fant (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Fatar (born 2002), French footballer
• Noah Feil (born 1998), German footballer
• Noah Feldman (born 1970), American author
• Noah Henry Ferry (1831–1863), American general
• Noah Fierer, American ecologist
• Noah Finkelstein (born 1968), American professor
• Noah Fleiss (born 1984), American actor
• Noach Flug (1925–2011), Israeli economist
• Noah Franke (born 1995), American soccer player
• Noah Frick (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Frommelt (born 2000), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Fuson (born 1999), American soccer player

GEdit

• Noah Galloway (born 1981), American soldier
• Noah Galvin (born 1994), American actor and singer
• Noah Gal Gendler (born 1957), Israeli diplomat
• Noah Georgeson (born 1975), American musician
• Noah Glass, American entrepreneur
• Noah Miller Glatfelter (1837–1911), American physician
• Noah Goldstein, American record producer
• Noah Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Graber (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Gragson (born 1998), American stock car racing driver
• Noah Graham (1815–1885), American politician
• Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Gray-Cabey (born 1995), American actor
• Noah K. Green (1808–1886), American politician
• Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), American conductor
• Noah Gregor (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Grove (born 1999), American ice sled hockey player
• Noah Gundersen (born 1989), American singer-songwriter

HEdit

• Noah Haidu (born 1972), American pianist
• Noah Hallett (born 1997), Canadian football player
• Noah Hanifin (born 1997), American ice hockey player
• Noah Harlan, American filmmaker
• Noah Harms (born 1997), Aruban footballer
• Noah Harpster, American actor
• Noah Hathaway (born 1971), American actor
• Noah Hawley (born 1967), American author
• Noah Hegge (born 1999), German canoeist
• Noah Henchoz (born 2002), Swiss footballer
• Noah Herron (born 1982), American football player
• Noah Hershkowitz (1941–2020), American physicist
• Noah Heward (born 2000), English rugby union footballer
• Noah Hickey (born 1978), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Hingley (1796–1877), English industrialist
• Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American skier
• Noah Holcomb (born 1983), American mountain biker
• Noah Horowitz (born 1979), American art historian
• Noah Hotham, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Noah Howard (1943–2010), American musician
• Noah Huntley (born 1974), English actor
• Noah Hutchings (1922–2015), American religious figure

IEdit

• Noah Idechong, Palauan activist
• Noah Igbinoghene (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Isenberg (born 1967), American professor

JEdit

• Noah Jackson (born 1951), American football player
• Noah James (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Z. Jones (born 1973), American animator
• Noah Jupe (born 2005), English actor
• Noah Juulsen (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player

KEdit

• Noah K (born 1984), American composer
• Noah Kahan (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Kalina (born 1980), American filmmaker
• Noah Kareng, Botswanan footballer
• Noah Babadi Kasule (born 1985), Ugandan footballer
• Noah Katterbach (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Keen (1920–2019), American actor
• Noah Kibet (born 2004), Kenyan runner
• Noah Kin (born 1994), Finnish-Nigerian rapper
• Noah Mawete Kinsiona (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah Klieger (1925–2018), Israeli journalist
• Noah O. Knight (1929–1951), American soldier
• Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
• Noah Korczowski (born 1994), German footballer
• Noah Kraft (born 1987/1988), American entrepreneur

LEdit

• Noah Landis, American keyboardist
• Noah Levenson (born 1981), American computer programmer
• Noah Levine (born 1971), American teacher
• Noah Michael Levine (born 1962), American voice actor
• Noah Lewis (1890–1961), American musician
• Noah Locke (born 1999), American basketball player
• Noah Lolesio (born 1999), Australian rugby union footballer
• Noah Lomax (born 2001), American actor
• Noah Loosli (born 1997), Swiss footballer
• Noah Lor, American politician
• Noah Lowry (born 1980), American baseball player
• Noah Ludlow (1795–1886), American actor
• Noah Lukeman (born 1973), American author
• Noah Lyles (born 1997), American sprinter
• Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist

MEdit

• Noah Malone (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete
• Noah Mann (1756–1789), English cricketer
• Noah Maposa (born 1985), Botswanan footballer
• Noah Martey (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Martin (1801–1863), American businessman and politician
• Noah Marullo (born 1999), British actor
• Noah Mascoll-Gomes (born 1999), Antiguan swimmer
• Noah M. Mason (1882–1965), American politician
• Noah Mawene (born 2005), English footballer
• Noah Mbamba (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah McCourt (born 1994), American activist
• Noah C. McFarland (1822–1897), American politician
• Noah Mckay (1956–2009), Iranian-American physician
• Noah Meier (born 2002), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Merl (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Michel (born 1995), German footballer
• Noah Mickens, American performance artist
• Noah Miller (water polo) (born 1980), Canadian water polo player
• Noah Miller (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
• Noah Mills (born 1983), Canadian model and actor
• Noah Mintz, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Noah Mozes (1912–1985), Israeli publisher
• Noah Mullins (1918–1998), American football player
• Noah Munck (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Musingku, Solomon Island religious figure

NEdit

• Noah Nadje (born 2003), French footballer
• Noah Naujoks (born 2002), Dutch footballer
• Noah Naylor (born 2000), Canadian baseball player
• Noah Ngeny (born 1978), Kenyan athlete
• Noah Noble (1794–1844), American politician
• Noah North (1809–1880), American painter
• Noah Norton (1786–1877), American prospector
• Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer

OEdit

• Noah Ohio (born 2003), Dutch-English footballer
• Noah Okafor (born 2000), Swiss footballer
• Noah Oppenheim (born 1978), American television producer
• Noah Östlund (born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player

PEdit

• Noah Pagden (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Palmer (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Paravicini (born 1997), American soccer player
• Noah W. Parden (1868–1944), American attorney and politician
• Noah Persson (born 2003), Swedish footballer
• Noah Phelps (1740–1809), American general
• Noah Phelps (Wisconsin politician) (1808–1896), American politician
• Noah J. Phillips (born 1978), American attorney
• Noah Picton (born 1995), Canadian football player
• Noah Pilato (born 1996), American soccer player
• Noah Pink, American screenwriter
• Noah Plume (born 1996), German footballer
• Noah Porter (1811–1892), American writer
• Noah Powder (born 1998), American soccer player
• Noah Pransky, American news correspondent
• Noah Preminger (born 1986), American saxophonist
• Noah Prince (1797–1872), American politician and judge
• Noach Pryłucki (1882–1941), Polish politician
• Noah Purcell (born 1980), American attorney
• Noah Purifoy (1917–2004), American artist

REdit

• Noah Raby (1822–1904), American longevity claimant
• Noah Raford (born 1978), American futurist
• Noah Raveyre (born 2005), French footballer
• Noah Reid (born 1987), Canadian actor and musician
• Noah Richler, Canadian author
• Noah Ringer (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Robbins (born 1990), American actor
• Noah Robertson (born 1983), American drummer
• Noah Rod (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah John Rondeau (1883–1967), American hermit
• Noah Hamilton Rose (1874–1952), American painter
• Noah Rosenberg, American geneticist
• Noah Rossler (born 2003), Luxembourgish footballer
• Noah Rothman (born 1981), American political commentator
• Noah Rubin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Rupp (born 2003), Swiss footballer

SEdit

• Noah Sadaoui (born 1993), Moroccan footballer
• Noah Sadiki (born 2004), Belgian footballer
• Noah Sahsah (born 2005), Danish footballer
• Noah Sanford (born 1990), American attorney and politician
• Noah W. Sawyer (1877–1957), American educator and politician
• Noah Scalin (born 1972), American artist
• Noah Scherer (born 1992), Swiss skater
• Noah Schmitt (born 1999), German footballer
• Noah Schnacky (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Schnapp (born 2004), American actor
• Noah Schneeberger (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Schultz (born 2003), American baseball player
• Noah Schwartz (born 1983), American poker player
• Noah Ryan Scott (born 2000), Canadian actor
• Noah Segan (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Sete (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer
• Noah Sewell (born 2002), American football player
• Noah Shachtman, American journalist
• Noah Shain, American record producer
• Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921), Canadian politician
• Noah Sheldon (born 1975), American photographer
• Noah Shepard (born 1986), American football player
• Noah Sife, American actor
• Noah Skaalum (born 1995), Danish singer
• Noah Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Smithwick (1808–1899), American colonist
• Noah Söderberg (born 2001), Swiss footballer
• Noah Solomon (born 1973), Israeli-American musician
• Noah Solskjær (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
• Noah Song (born 1997), American baseball player
• Noah Spence (born 1994), American football player
• Noah Starr (born 1980), American actor
• Noah Steiner (born 1999), Austrian footballer
• Noah Stewart (born 1978), American tenor
• Noah Stoddard (1755–1850), American privateer
• Noah Strycker (born 1986), American birdwatcher
• Noah Sonko Sundberg (born 1996), Swedish footballer
• Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), American politician
• Noah S. Sweat (1922–1996), American judge
• Noah Syndergaard (born 1992), American baseball player

TEdit

• Noah Taylor (born 1969), English-Australian actor
• Noah Tepperberg (born 1975), American businessman
• Noah Thomas (1720–1792), Welsh physician
• Noah Davis Thompson (??–1933), American writer
• Noah Timmins (1867–1936), Canadian mining financier
• Noah Togiai (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Nirmal Tom (born 1994), Indian athlete
• Noah Toribio (born 1999), English footballer
• Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American farmer
• Noah Andre Trudeau (born 1949), American historian

UEdit

• Noah Urrea (born 2001), American actor

VEdit

• Noah Van Sciver (born 1984), American cartoonist
• Noah Verhoeven (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Noah Virgin (1812–1892), American miller
• Noah Vonleh (born 1995), American basketball player
• Noah von Williamsburg (1539–??), German noble

WEdit

• Noah Waddell (born 2001), American pianist
• Noah Wafula (born 1990), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Wallace (born 1991), American skier
• Noah Wardrip-Fruin, American professor
• Noah Warren, Canadian-American poet
• Noah Watts (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer
• Noah Weißhaupt (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Wekesa (born 1936), Kenyan politician
• Noah Welch (born 1982), American ice hockey player
• Noah Wenger (born 1934), American politician
• Noah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Worcester (1758–1837), American clergyman
• Noah Wunsch (born 1970), German painter
• Noah Wyle (born 1971), American actor

YEdit

• Noah Yap (born 1993), Singaporean actor
• Noah Young (1887–1958), American weightlifter

ZEdit

• Noah Zane (1778–1833), American politician

Fictional charactersEdit

• Noah Bennet from Heroes
• Noah Bennett from Passions
• Noah Claypole from Oliver Twist
• Noah Drake from General Hospital
• Noah Lawson from Home and Away
• Noah Newman from The Young and the Restless
• Noah van Helsing from Marvel Comics
• Noah from Total Drama
• Noah from Xenoblade Chronicles 3
• Noah Solloway from The Affair

Notable people with the surname «Noah» includeEdit

• Akie Noah, Sierra Leonean footballer
• Barbara Noah (born 1949), American sculptor
• David Noah, Indonesian keyboardist
• Gabriel Noah (born 1986), Cameroonian footballer
• George Noah (born 1957), Nigerian journalist
• Harith Noah (born 1993), Indian motorsports athlete
• Harold J. Noah (1925–2019), American educator
• Joakim Noah (born 1985), French-American basketball player
• John Noah (1927–2015), American ice hockey player
• Kalleem Noah (1868–1952), Lebanese-Canadian businessman
• Max W. Noah (1932–2018), American lieutenant general
• Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Somali politician
• Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785–1851), American playwright
• Nutty Noah, English entertainer
• Olajuwon Noah (born 1989), Samoan rugby union footballer
• Peter Noah, American television producer
• Rahah Noah (1933–2020), Malaysian social figure
• Timothy Noah (born 1958), American writer
• Trevor Noah (born 1984), South African comedian
• Uki Noah (born 1981), Indonesian guitarist
• William Noah (born 1944), Canadian politician
• Yannick Noah (born 1960), French tennis player
• Zacharie Noah (1937–2017), Cameroonian footballer

See alsoEdit

• Noa (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noa»
• Noah (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noah»

ReferencesEdit

noah — перевод на русский

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noah

Noah
Pronunciation
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	«Rest»
Region of origin	Eretz Israel

Noah is a masculine given name derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נוֹחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Babylonian origin from the word «nukhu» meaning repose or rest, which is possible in view of the Sumerian/Babylonian source of the flood story. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root meaning «to comfort» (nahum) with the final consonant dropped.^[1] It is also reported that its meaning is pleasant.^[2]

Popularity[edit]

From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US.^[3]
In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia.^[4]

In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales.^[5] Noah was among the five most popular names for Black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022. ^[6]

Variants in other languages[edit]

• Arabic: نُوحْ (Nūḥ)
• Armenian: Նոյ (Noy)
• Bengali: নূহ (Nooh)
• Bulgarian: Ноа (Noа)
• Catalan: Noè
• Czech: Noe
• Dutch: Noë
• Persian: Noa
• Finnish: Nooa
• French: Noé
• Georgian: ნოე (Noe)
• Greek: Νώε (Noé)
• Hebrew: נֹחַ (Noakh)
• Hindi: नूह (Nooh)
• Hungarian: Noé
• Icelandic: Nói
• Indonesian/Malay : Nuh
• Irish: Naoi
• Italian: Noè
• Latvian: Noass
• Lithuanian: Nojus
• Polish: Noe
• Portuguese: Noé
• Romanian: Noe
• Russian: Ной (Noy)
• Sicilian: Nuè
• Somali: Nuux (Nuh)
• Spanish: Noé
• Serbian: Ноје (Noje)
• Telugu: నోవహు (Novahu)
• Turkish: Nuh
• Yoruba: Noa
• Tamil: Nagan

Notable people with this given name «Noah» include[edit]

A[edit]

• Noah Abich (born 1987), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Abid (born 2000), Tunisian-Dutch footballer
• Noah Ablett (1883–1935), Welsh trade unionist
• Noah Abrams (born 1998), English footballer
• Noah Adamia (1917–1942), Soviet sniper
• Noah Adams, American journalist
• Noah Akwu (born 1990), Nigerian sprinter
• Noah Alexandersson (born 2001), Swedish footballer
• Noah Al-Khulaifi (born 1999), Qatari swimmer
• Noah Allen (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah G. Allen (born 1927), American football coach
• Noah al-Qudah (1939–2010), Jordanian religious figure
• Noah Anderson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Answerth (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Arbit (born 1995), American politician
• Noah Armstrong (1823–1907), American miner
• Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972), American author
• Noah Atubolu (born 2002), German footballer
• Noah Augustine (1971–2010), Canadian activist
• Noah Awassi (born 1998), German-Beninese footballer
• Noah Awuku (born 2000), German-Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Ben Azure (born 1960), Ghanaian politician

B[edit]

• Noah Baerman, American pianist
• Noah Balta (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Barker (born 1992), Canadian rugby union footballer
• Noah Barou (1889–1955), Ukrainian trade unionist
• Noah Bastian (born 1979), American actor
• Noah Baumbach (born 1951), American film director
• Noah Baxpöhler (born 1993), German volleyball player
• Noah Sarenren Bazee (born 1996), German-Nigerian footballer
• Noah Bean (born 1978), American actor
• Noah Beauchamp (1785–1842), American blacksmith
• Noah Beck (born 2001), American social medial personality
• Noah Becker (born 1970), Canadian-American artist
• Noah Beery (1882–1946), American actor
• Noah Beery Jr. (1913–1994), American actor
• Noah Biggs, English medical reformer
• Noah Billingsley (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Bischof (born 2002), Austrian footballer
• Noah Bitsch (born 1989), German karateka
• Noah Blasucci (born 1999), Swiss-Italian footballer
• Noah Boeken (born 1981), Dutch poker player
• Noah Botic (born 2002), Australian footballer
• Noah Bowman (born 1992), Canadian skier
• Noah Bradley, American artist
• Noah Bratschi (born 2000), American rock climber
• Noah Bridges, English stenographer
• Noah Brooks (1830–1903), American journalist
• Noah Brosch (born 1948), Israeli astronomer
• Noah Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Kenshin Browne (born 2001), Japanese-Canadian footballer
• Noah Bryant (born 1984), American shot putter
• Noah Burton (1896–1956), English footballer
• Noah Buschel (born 1978), American writer and director
• Noah Buxton (1876–1967), English cricketer
• Noah Henry Byington (1809–1877), American physician and politician

C[edit]

• Noah Cantor (born 1971), Canadian football player
• Noah Cappe (born 1977), Canadian actor
• Noah Carl (born 1990), British sociologist
• Noah Carroll, Australian politician
• Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• Noah Caton (1897–1922), American football player
• Noah Centineo (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Charney (born 1979), American novelist
• Noah Chesmain (born 1997), English footballer
• Noah Chilvers (born 2001), English footballer
• Noah Chivuta (born 1983), Zambian footballer
• Noah Cicero (born 1980), American novelist
• Noah Clarke (born 1979), American ice hockey player
• Noah B. Cloud (1809–1875), American politician
• Noah Cobb (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah Comet, American professor
• Noah D. Comstock (1832–1890), American farmer and politician
• Noah Cooke (1831–??), English poet
• Noah Cowan (1967–2023), Canadian film executive
• Noah Crawford (born 1994), American actor
• Noah Creshevsky (1945–2020), American composer
• Noah Crétier (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Cumberland (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Cyrus (born 2000), American singer

D[edit]

• Noah Dahlman (born 1989), American basketball player
• Noah Dana-Picard (born 1954), Israeli mathematician
• Noah Danby (born 1974), Canadian actor
• Noah Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player
• Noach Dear (1953–2020), American judge
• Noah Deledda (born 1978), American sculptor
• Noah Delgado (born 1979), American soccer player
• Noah De Ridder (born 2003), Belgian footballer
• Noah Dickerson (born 1997), American basketball player
• Noah Dietrich (1889–1982), American businessman
• Noah Diffenbaugh (born 1974), American scientist
• Noah Diliberto (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Dobson (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873–1959), American physicist
• Noah Komla Dzobo (??–2010), Ghanaian religious leader

E[edit]

• Noah Eagle (born 1997), American sportscaster
• Noah Efron (born 1959), American-Israeli professor
• Noah Eile (born 2002), Swedish footballer
• Noah Elliott (born 1997), American Paralympic snowboarder
• Noah Elliss (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Emmerich (born 1965), American actor

F[edit]

• Noah Fadiga (born 1999), Belgian footballer
• Noah Falck (born 1977), American poet
• Noah Falstein, American video game designer
• Noah Fant (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Fatar (born 2002), French footballer
• Noah Feil (born 1998), German footballer
• Noah Feldman (born 1970), American author
• Noah Henry Ferry (1831–1863), American general
• Noah Fierer, American ecologist
• Noah Finkelstein (born 1968), American professor
• Noah Fleiss (born 1984), American actor
• Noach Flug (1925–2011), Israeli economist
• Noah Franke (born 1995), American soccer player
• Noah Frick (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Frommelt (born 2000), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Fuson (born 1999), American soccer player

G[edit]

• Noah Galloway (born 1981), American soldier
• Noah Galvin (born 1994), American actor and singer
• Noah Gal Gendler (born 1957), Israeli diplomat
• Noah Georgeson (born 1975), American musician
• Noah Glass, American entrepreneur
• Noah Miller Glatfelter (1837–1911), American physician
• Noah Goldstein, American record producer
• Noah Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Graber (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Gragson (born 1998), American stock car racing driver
• Noah Graham (1815–1885), American politician
• Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Gray-Cabey (born 1995), American actor
• Noah K. Green (1808–1886), American politician
• Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), American conductor
• Noah Gregor (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Grove (born 1999), American ice sled hockey player
• Noah Gundersen (born 1989), American singer-songwriter

H[edit]

• Noah Haidu (born 1972), American pianist
• Noah Hallett (born 1997), Canadian football player
• Noah Hanifin (born 1997), American ice hockey player
• Noah Harlan, American filmmaker
• Noah Harms (born 1997), Aruban footballer
• Noah Harpster, American actor
• Noah Hathaway (born 1971), American actor
• Noah Hawley (born 1967), American author
• Noah Hegge (born 1999), German canoeist
• Noah Henchoz (born 2002), Swiss footballer
• Noah Herron (born 1982), American football player
• Noah Hershkowitz (1941–2020), American physicist
• Noah Heward (born 2000), English rugby union footballer
• Noah Hickey (born 1978), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Hingley (1796–1877), English industrialist
• Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American skier
• Noah Holcomb (born 1983), American mountain biker
• Noah Horowitz (born 1979), American art historian
• Noah Hotham, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Noah Howard (1943–2010), American musician
• Noah Huntley (born 1974), English actor
• Noah Hutchings (1922–2015), American religious figure

I[edit]

• Noah Idechong, Palauan activist
• Noah Igbinoghene (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Isenberg (born 1967), American professor

J[edit]

• Noah Jackson (born 1951), American football player
• Noah James (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Z. Jones (born 1973), American animator
• Noah Jupe (born 2005), English actor
• Noah Juulsen (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player

K[edit]

• Noah K (born 1984), American composer
• Noah Kahan (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Kalina (born 1980), American filmmaker
• Noah Kareng, Botswanan footballer
• Noah Babadi Kasule (born 1985), Ugandan footballer
• Noah Katterbach (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Keen (1920–2019), American actor
• Noah Kibet (born 2004), Kenyan runner
• Noah Kin (born 1994), Finnish-Nigerian rapper
• Noah Mawete Kinsiona (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah Klieger (1925–2018), Israeli journalist
• Noah O. Knight (1929–1951), American soldier
• Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
• Noah Korczowski (born 1994), German footballer
• Noah Kraft (born 1987/1988), American entrepreneur

L[edit]

• Noah Landis, American keyboardist
• Noah Levenson (born 1981), American computer programmer
• Noah Levine (born 1971), American teacher
• Noah Michael Levine (born 1962), American voice actor
• Noah Lewis (1890–1961), American musician
• Noah Locke (born 1999), American basketball player
• Noah Lolesio (born 1999), Australian rugby union footballer
• Noah Lomax (born 2001), American actor
• Noah Loosli (born 1997), Swiss footballer
• Noah Lor, American politician
• Noah Lowry (born 1980), American baseball player
• Noah Ludlow (1795–1886), American actor
• Noah Lukeman (born 1973), American author
• Noah Lyles (born 1997), American sprinter
• Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist

M[edit]

• Noah Malone (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete
• Noah Mann (1756–1789), English cricketer
• Noah Maposa (born 1985), Botswanan footballer
• Noah Martey (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Martin (1801–1863), American businessman and politician
• Noah Marullo (born 1999), British actor
• Noah Mascoll-Gomes (born 1999), Antiguan swimmer
• Noah M. Mason (1882–1965), American politician
• Noah Mawene (born 2005), English footballer
• Noah Mbamba (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah McCourt (born 1994), American activist
• Noah C. McFarland (1822–1897), American politician
• Noah Mckay (1956–2009), Iranian-American physician
• Noah Meier (born 2002), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Merl (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Michel (born 1995), German footballer
• Noah Mickens, American performance artist
• Noah Miller (water polo) (born 1980), Canadian water polo player
• Noah Miller (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
• Noah Mills (born 1983), Canadian model and actor
• Noah Mintz, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Noah Mozes (1912–1985), Israeli publisher
• Noah Mullins (1918–1998), American football player
• Noah Munck (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Musingku, Solomon Island religious figure

N[edit]

• Noah Nadje (born 2003), French footballer
• Noah Naujoks (born 2002), Dutch footballer
• Noah Naylor (born 2000), Canadian baseball player
• Noah Ngeny (born 1978), Kenyan athlete
• Noah Noble (1794–1844), American politician
• Noah North (1809–1880), American painter
• Noah Norton (1786–1877), American prospector
• Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer

O[edit]

• Noah Ohio (born 2003), Dutch-English footballer
• Noah Okafor (born 2000), Swiss footballer
• Noah Oppenheim (born 1978), American television producer
• Noah Östlund (born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player

P[edit]

• Noah Pagden (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Palmer (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Paravicini (born 1997), American soccer player
• Noah W. Parden (1868–1944), American attorney and politician
• Noah Persson (born 2003), Swedish footballer
• Noah Phelps (1740–1809), American general
• Noah Phelps (Wisconsin politician) (1808–1896), American politician
• Noah J. Phillips (born 1978), American attorney
• Noah Picton (born 1995), Canadian football player
• Noah Pilato (born 1996), American soccer player
• Noah Pink, American screenwriter
• Noah Plume (born 1996), German footballer
• Noah Porter (1811–1892), American writer
• Noah Powder (born 1998), American soccer player
• Noah Pransky, American news correspondent
• Noah Preminger (born 1986), American saxophonist
• Noah Prince (1797–1872), American politician and judge
• Noach Pryłucki (1882–1941), Polish politician
• Noah Purcell (born 1980), American attorney
• Noah Purifoy (1917–2004), American artist

R[edit]

• Noah Raby (1822–1904), American longevity claimant
• Noah Raford (born 1978), American futurist
• Noah Raveyre (born 2005), French footballer
• Noah Reid (born 1987), Canadian actor and musician
• Noah Richler, Canadian author
• Noah Ringer (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Robbins (born 1990), American actor
• Noah Robertson (born 1983), American drummer
• Noah Rod (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah John Rondeau (1883–1967), American hermit
• Noah Hamilton Rose (1874–1952), American painter
• Noah Rosenberg, American geneticist
• Noah Rossler (born 2003), Luxembourgish footballer
• Noah Rothman (born 1981), American political commentator
• Noah Rubin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Rupp (born 2003), Swiss footballer

S[edit]

• Noah Sadaoui (born 1993), Moroccan footballer
• Noah Sadiki (born 2004), Belgian footballer
• Noah Sahsah (born 2005), Danish footballer
• Noah Sanford (born 1990), American attorney and politician
• Noah W. Sawyer (1877–1957), American educator and politician
• Noah Scalin (born 1972), American artist
• Noah Scherer (born 1992), Swiss skater
• Noah Schmitt (born 1999), German footballer
• Noah Schnacky (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Schnapp (born 2004), American actor
• Noah Schneeberger (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Schultz (born 2003), American baseball player
• Noah Schwartz (born 1983), American poker player
• Noah Ryan Scott (born 2000), Canadian actor
• Noah Segan (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Sete (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer
• Noah Sewell (born 2002), American football player
• Noah Shachtman, American journalist
• Noah Shain, American record producer
• Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921), Canadian politician
• Noah Sheldon (born 1975), American photographer
• Noah Shepard (born 1986), American football player
• Noah Sife, American actor
• Noah Skaalum (born 1995), Danish singer
• Noah Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Smithwick (1808–1899), American colonist
• Noah Söderberg (born 2001), Swiss footballer
• Noah Solomon (born 1973), Israeli-American musician
• Noah Solskjær (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
• Noah Song (born 1997), American baseball player
• Noah Spence (born 1994), American football player
• Noah Starr (born 1980), American actor
• Noah Steiner (born 1999), Austrian footballer
• Noah Stewart (born 1978), American tenor
• Noah Stoddard (1755–1850), American privateer
• Noah Strycker (born 1986), American birdwatcher
• Noah Sonko Sundberg (born 1996), Swedish footballer
• Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), American politician
• Noah S. Sweat (1922–1996), American judge
• Noah Syndergaard (born 1992), American baseball player

T[edit]

• Noah Taylor (born 1969), English-Australian actor
• Noah Tepperberg (born 1975), American businessman
• Noah Thomas (1720–1792), Welsh physician
• Noah Davis Thompson (??–1933), American writer
• Noah Timmins (1867–1936), Canadian mining financier
• Noah Togiai (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Nirmal Tom (born 1994), Indian athlete
• Noah Toribio (born 1999), English footballer
• Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American farmer
• Noah Andre Trudeau (born 1949), American historian

U[edit]

• Noah Urrea (born 2001), American actor

V[edit]

• Noah Van Sciver (born 1984), American cartoonist
• Noah Verhoeven (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Noah Virgin (1812–1892), American miller
• Noah Vonleh (born 1995), American basketball player
• Noah von Williamsburg (1539–??), German noble

W[edit]

• Noah Waddell (born 2001), American pianist
• Noah Wafula (born 1990), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Wallace (born 1991), American skier
• Noah Wardrip-Fruin, American professor
• Noah Warren, Canadian-American poet
• Noah Watts (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer
• Noah Weißhaupt (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Wekesa (born 1936), Kenyan politician
• Noah Welch (born 1982), American ice hockey player
• Noah Wenger (born 1934), American politician
• Noah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Worcester (1758–1837), American clergyman
• Noah Wunsch (born 1970), German painter
• Noah Wyle (born 1971), American actor

Y[edit]

• Noah Yap (born 1993), Singaporean actor
• Noah Young (1887–1958), American weightlifter

Z[edit]

• Noah Zane (1778–1833), American politician

Fictional characters[edit]

• Noah Bennet from Heroes
• Noah Bennett from Passions
• Noah Claypole from Oliver Twist
• Noah Drake from General Hospital
• Noah Lawson from Home and Away
• Noah Newman from The Young and the Restless
• Noah van Helsing from Marvel Comics
• Noah from Total Drama
• Noah from Xenoblade Chronicles 3
• Noah Solloway from The Affair

Notable people with the surname «Noah» include[edit]

• Akie Noah, Sierra Leonean footballer
• Barbara Noah (born 1949), American sculptor
• David Noah, Indonesian keyboardist
• Gabriel Noah (born 1986), Cameroonian footballer
• George Noah (born 1957), Nigerian journalist
• Harith Noah (born 1993), Indian motorsports athlete
• Harold J. Noah (1925–2019), American educator
• Joakim Noah (born 1985), French-American basketball player
• John Noah (1927–2015), American ice hockey player
• Kalleem Noah (1868–1952), Lebanese-Canadian businessman
• Max W. Noah (1932–2018), American lieutenant general
• Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Somali politician
• Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785–1851), American playwright
• Nutty Noah, English entertainer
• Olajuwon Noah (born 1989), Samoan rugby union footballer
• Peter Noah, American television producer
• Rahah Noah (1933–2020), Malaysian social figure
• Timothy Noah (born 1958), American writer
• Trevor Noah (born 1984), South African comedian
• Uki Noah (born 1981), Indonesian guitarist
• William Noah (born 1944), Canadian politician
• Yannick Noah (born 1960), French tennis player
• Zacharie Noah (1937–2017), Cameroonian footballer

See also[edit]

• Noa (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noa»
• Noah (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noah»

References[edit]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noah

Noah
Pronunciation
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	«Rest»
Region of origin	Eretz Israel

Noah is a masculine given name derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נוֹחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Babylonian origin from the word «nukhu» meaning repose or rest, which is possible in view of the Sumerian/Babylonian source of the flood story. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root meaning «to comfort» (nahum) with the final consonant dropped.^[1] It is also reported that its meaning is pleasant.^[2]

Popularity[edit]

From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US.^[3]
In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia.^[4]

In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales.^[5] Noah was among the five most popular names for Black newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022. ^[6]

Variants in other languages[edit]

• Arabic: نُوحْ (Nūḥ)
• Armenian: Նոյ (Noy)
• Bengali: নূহ (Nooh)
• Bulgarian: Ноа (Noа)
• Catalan: Noè
• Czech: Noe
• Dutch: Noë
• Persian: Noa
• Finnish: Nooa
• French: Noé
• Georgian: ნოე (Noe)
• Greek: Νώε (Noé)
• Hebrew: נֹחַ (Noakh)
• Hindi: नूह (Nooh)
• Hungarian: Noé
• Icelandic: Nói
• Indonesian/Malay : Nuh
• Irish: Naoi
• Italian: Noè
• Latvian: Noass
• Lithuanian: Nojus
• Polish: Noe
• Portuguese: Noé
• Romanian: Noe
• Russian: Ной (Noy)
• Sicilian: Nuè
• Somali: Nuux (Nuh)
• Spanish: Noé
• Serbian: Ноје (Noje)
• Telugu: నోవహు (Novahu)
• Turkish: Nuh
• Yoruba: Noa
• Tamil: Nagan

Notable people with this given name «Noah» include[edit]

A[edit]

• Noah Abich (born 1987), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Abid (born 2000), Tunisian-Dutch footballer
• Noah Ablett (1883–1935), Welsh trade unionist
• Noah Abrams (born 1998), English footballer
• Noah Adamia (1917–1942), Soviet sniper
• Noah Adams, American journalist
• Noah Akwu (born 1990), Nigerian sprinter
• Noah Alexandersson (born 2001), Swedish footballer
• Noah Al-Khulaifi (born 1999), Qatari swimmer
• Noah Allen (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah G. Allen (born 1927), American football coach
• Noah al-Qudah (1939–2010), Jordanian religious figure
• Noah Anderson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Answerth (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Arbit (born 1995), American politician
• Noah Armstrong (1823–1907), American miner
• Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972), American author
• Noah Atubolu (born 2002), German footballer
• Noah Augustine (1971–2010), Canadian activist
• Noah Awassi (born 1998), German-Beninese footballer
• Noah Awuku (born 2000), German-Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Ben Azure (born 1960), Ghanaian politician

B[edit]

• Noah Baerman, American pianist
• Noah Balta (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Barker (born 1992), Canadian rugby union footballer
• Noah Barou (1889–1955), Ukrainian trade unionist
• Noah Bastian (born 1979), American actor
• Noah Baumbach (born 1951), American film director
• Noah Baxpöhler (born 1993), German volleyball player
• Noah Sarenren Bazee (born 1996), German-Nigerian footballer
• Noah Bean (born 1978), American actor
• Noah Beauchamp (1785–1842), American blacksmith
• Noah Beck (born 2001), American social medial personality
• Noah Becker (born 1970), Canadian-American artist
• Noah Beery (1882–1946), American actor
• Noah Beery Jr. (1913–1994), American actor
• Noah Biggs, English medical reformer
• Noah Billingsley (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Bischof (born 2002), Austrian footballer
• Noah Bitsch (born 1989), German karateka
• Noah Blasucci (born 1999), Swiss-Italian footballer
• Noah Boeken (born 1981), Dutch poker player
• Noah Botic (born 2002), Australian footballer
• Noah Bowman (born 1992), Canadian skier
• Noah Bradley, American artist
• Noah Bratschi (born 2000), American rock climber
• Noah Bridges, English stenographer
• Noah Brooks (1830–1903), American journalist
• Noah Brosch (born 1948), Israeli astronomer
• Noah Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Kenshin Browne (born 2001), Japanese-Canadian footballer
• Noah Bryant (born 1984), American shot putter
• Noah Burton (1896–1956), English footballer
• Noah Buschel (born 1978), American writer and director
• Noah Buxton (1876–1967), English cricketer
• Noah Henry Byington (1809–1877), American physician and politician

C[edit]

• Noah Cantor (born 1971), Canadian football player
• Noah Cappe (born 1977), Canadian actor
• Noah Carl (born 1990), British sociologist
• Noah Carroll, Australian politician
• Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
• Noah Caton (1897–1922), American football player
• Noah Centineo (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Charney (born 1979), American novelist
• Noah Chesmain (born 1997), English footballer
• Noah Chilvers (born 2001), English footballer
• Noah Chivuta (born 1983), Zambian footballer
• Noah Cicero (born 1980), American novelist
• Noah Clarke (born 1979), American ice hockey player
• Noah B. Cloud (1809–1875), American politician
• Noah Cobb (born 2004), American soccer player
• Noah Comet, American professor
• Noah D. Comstock (1832–1890), American farmer and politician
• Noah Cooke (1831–??), English poet
• Noah Cowan (1967–2023), Canadian film executive
• Noah Crawford (born 1994), American actor
• Noah Creshevsky (1945–2020), American composer
• Noah Crétier (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Cumberland (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Noah Cyrus (born 2000), American singer

D[edit]

• Noah Dahlman (born 1989), American basketball player
• Noah Dana-Picard (born 1954), Israeli mathematician
• Noah Danby (born 1974), Canadian actor
• Noah Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player
• Noach Dear (1953–2020), American judge
• Noah Deledda (born 1978), American sculptor
• Noah Delgado (born 1979), American soccer player
• Noah De Ridder (born 2003), Belgian footballer
• Noah Dickerson (born 1997), American basketball player
• Noah Dietrich (1889–1982), American businessman
• Noah Diffenbaugh (born 1974), American scientist
• Noah Diliberto (born 2001), French footballer
• Noah Dobson (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873–1959), American physicist
• Noah Komla Dzobo (??–2010), Ghanaian religious leader

E[edit]

• Noah Eagle (born 1997), American sportscaster
• Noah Efron (born 1959), American-Israeli professor
• Noah Eile (born 2002), Swedish footballer
• Noah Elliott (born 1997), American Paralympic snowboarder
• Noah Elliss (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Emmerich (born 1965), American actor

F[edit]

• Noah Fadiga (born 1999), Belgian footballer
• Noah Falck (born 1977), American poet
• Noah Falstein, American video game designer
• Noah Fant (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Fatar (born 2002), French footballer
• Noah Feil (born 1998), German footballer
• Noah Feldman (born 1970), American author
• Noah Henry Ferry (1831–1863), American general
• Noah Fierer, American ecologist
• Noah Finkelstein (born 1968), American professor
• Noah Fleiss (born 1984), American actor
• Noach Flug (1925–2011), Israeli economist
• Noah Franke (born 1995), American soccer player
• Noah Frick (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Frommelt (born 2000), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Fuson (born 1999), American soccer player

G[edit]

• Noah Galloway (born 1981), American soldier
• Noah Galvin (born 1994), American actor and singer
• Noah Gal Gendler (born 1957), Israeli diplomat
• Noah Georgeson (born 1975), American musician
• Noah Glass, American entrepreneur
• Noah Miller Glatfelter (1837–1911), American physician
• Noah Goldstein, American record producer
• Noah Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Graber (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Noah Gragson (born 1998), American stock car racing driver
• Noah Graham (1815–1885), American politician
• Noah Gray (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Gray-Cabey (born 1995), American actor
• Noah K. Green (1808–1886), American politician
• Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), American conductor
• Noah Gregor (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
• Noah Grove (born 1999), American ice sled hockey player
• Noah Gundersen (born 1989), American singer-songwriter

H[edit]

• Noah Haidu (born 1972), American pianist
• Noah Hallett (born 1997), Canadian football player
• Noah Hanifin (born 1997), American ice hockey player
• Noah Harlan, American filmmaker
• Noah Harms (born 1997), Aruban footballer
• Noah Harpster, American actor
• Noah Hathaway (born 1971), American actor
• Noah Hawley (born 1967), American author
• Noah Hegge (born 1999), German canoeist
• Noah Henchoz (born 2002), Swiss footballer
• Noah Herron (born 1982), American football player
• Noah Hershkowitz (1941–2020), American physicist
• Noah Heward (born 2000), English rugby union footballer
• Noah Hickey (born 1978), New Zealand footballer
• Noah Hingley (1796–1877), English industrialist
• Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American skier
• Noah Holcomb (born 1983), American mountain biker
• Noah Horowitz (born 1979), American art historian
• Noah Hotham, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Noah Howard (1943–2010), American musician
• Noah Huntley (born 1974), English actor
• Noah Hutchings (1922–2015), American religious figure

I[edit]

• Noah Idechong, Palauan activist
• Noah Igbinoghene (born 1999), American football player
• Noah Isenberg (born 1967), American professor

J[edit]

• Noah Jackson (born 1951), American football player
• Noah James (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Z. Jones (born 1973), American animator
• Noah Jupe (born 2005), English actor
• Noah Juulsen (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player

K[edit]

• Noah K (born 1984), American composer
• Noah Kahan (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Kalina (born 1980), American filmmaker
• Noah Kareng, Botswanan footballer
• Noah Babadi Kasule (born 1985), Ugandan footballer
• Noah Katterbach (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Keen (1920–2019), American actor
• Noah Kibet (born 2004), Kenyan runner
• Noah Kin (born 1994), Finnish-Nigerian rapper
• Noah Mawete Kinsiona (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah Klieger (1925–2018), Israeli journalist
• Noah O. Knight (1929–1951), American soldier
• Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
• Noah Korczowski (born 1994), German footballer
• Noah Kraft (born 1987/1988), American entrepreneur

L[edit]

• Noah Landis, American keyboardist
• Noah Levenson (born 1981), American computer programmer
• Noah Levine (born 1971), American teacher
• Noah Michael Levine (born 1962), American voice actor
• Noah Lewis (1890–1961), American musician
• Noah Locke (born 1999), American basketball player
• Noah Lolesio (born 1999), Australian rugby union footballer
• Noah Lomax (born 2001), American actor
• Noah Loosli (born 1997), Swiss footballer
• Noah Lor, American politician
• Noah Lowry (born 1980), American baseball player
• Noah Ludlow (1795–1886), American actor
• Noah Lukeman (born 1973), American author
• Noah Lyles (born 1997), American sprinter
• Noah Lyon (born 1979), American artist

M[edit]

• Noah Malone (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete
• Noah Mann (1756–1789), English cricketer
• Noah Maposa (born 1985), Botswanan footballer
• Noah Martey (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
• Noah Martin (1801–1863), American businessman and politician
• Noah Marullo (born 1999), British actor
• Noah Mascoll-Gomes (born 1999), Antiguan swimmer
• Noah M. Mason (1882–1965), American politician
• Noah Mawene (born 2005), English footballer
• Noah Mbamba (born 2005), Belgian footballer
• Noah McCourt (born 1994), American activist
• Noah C. McFarland (1822–1897), American politician
• Noah Mckay (1956–2009), Iranian-American physician
• Noah Meier (born 2002), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Merl (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Michel (born 1995), German footballer
• Noah Mickens, American performance artist
• Noah Miller (water polo) (born 1980), Canadian water polo player
• Noah Miller (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
• Noah Mills (born 1983), Canadian model and actor
• Noah Mintz, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Noah Mozes (1912–1985), Israeli publisher
• Noah Mullins (1918–1998), American football player
• Noah Munck (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Musingku, Solomon Island religious figure

N[edit]

• Noah Nadje (born 2003), French footballer
• Noah Naujoks (born 2002), Dutch footballer
• Noah Naylor (born 2000), Canadian baseball player
• Noah Ngeny (born 1978), Kenyan athlete
• Noah Noble (1794–1844), American politician
• Noah North (1809–1880), American painter
• Noah Norton (1786–1877), American prospector
• Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer

O[edit]

• Noah Ohio (born 2003), Dutch-English footballer
• Noah Okafor (born 2000), Swiss footballer
• Noah Oppenheim (born 1978), American television producer
• Noah Östlund (born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player

P[edit]

• Noah Pagden (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Noah Palmer (born 1983), American soccer player
• Noah Paravicini (born 1997), American soccer player
• Noah W. Parden (1868–1944), American attorney and politician
• Noah Persson (born 2003), Swedish footballer
• Noah Phelps (1740–1809), American general
• Noah Phelps (Wisconsin politician) (1808–1896), American politician
• Noah J. Phillips (born 1978), American attorney
• Noah Picton (born 1995), Canadian football player
• Noah Pilato (born 1996), American soccer player
• Noah Pink, American screenwriter
• Noah Plume (born 1996), German footballer
• Noah Porter (1811–1892), American writer
• Noah Powder (born 1998), American soccer player
• Noah Pransky, American news correspondent
• Noah Preminger (born 1986), American saxophonist
• Noah Prince (1797–1872), American politician and judge
• Noach Pryłucki (1882–1941), Polish politician
• Noah Purcell (born 1980), American attorney
• Noah Purifoy (1917–2004), American artist

R[edit]

• Noah Raby (1822–1904), American longevity claimant
• Noah Raford (born 1978), American futurist
• Noah Raveyre (born 2005), French footballer
• Noah Reid (born 1987), Canadian actor and musician
• Noah Richler, Canadian author
• Noah Ringer (born 1996), American actor
• Noah Robbins (born 1990), American actor
• Noah Robertson (born 1983), American drummer
• Noah Rod (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah John Rondeau (1883–1967), American hermit
• Noah Hamilton Rose (1874–1952), American painter
• Noah Rosenberg, American geneticist
• Noah Rossler (born 2003), Luxembourgish footballer
• Noah Rothman (born 1981), American political commentator
• Noah Rubin (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Rupp (born 2003), Swiss footballer

S[edit]

• Noah Sadaoui (born 1993), Moroccan footballer
• Noah Sadiki (born 2004), Belgian footballer
• Noah Sahsah (born 2005), Danish footballer
• Noah Sanford (born 1990), American attorney and politician
• Noah W. Sawyer (1877–1957), American educator and politician
• Noah Scalin (born 1972), American artist
• Noah Scherer (born 1992), Swiss skater
• Noah Schmitt (born 1999), German footballer
• Noah Schnacky (born 1997), American singer-songwriter
• Noah Schnapp (born 2004), American actor
• Noah Schneeberger (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player
• Noah Schultz (born 2003), American baseball player
• Noah Schwartz (born 1983), American poker player
• Noah Ryan Scott (born 2000), Canadian actor
• Noah Segan (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Sete (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer
• Noah Sewell (born 2002), American football player
• Noah Shachtman, American journalist
• Noah Shain, American record producer
• Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921), Canadian politician
• Noah Sheldon (born 1975), American photographer
• Noah Shepard (born 1986), American football player
• Noah Sife, American actor
• Noah Skaalum (born 1995), Danish singer
• Noah Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Smithwick (1808–1899), American colonist
• Noah Söderberg (born 2001), Swiss footballer
• Noah Solomon (born 1973), Israeli-American musician
• Noah Solskjær (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
• Noah Song (born 1997), American baseball player
• Noah Spence (born 1994), American football player
• Noah Starr (born 1980), American actor
• Noah Steiner (born 1999), Austrian footballer
• Noah Stewart (born 1978), American tenor
• Noah Stoddard (1755–1850), American privateer
• Noah Strycker (born 1986), American birdwatcher
• Noah Sonko Sundberg (born 1996), Swedish footballer
• Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), American politician
• Noah S. Sweat (1922–1996), American judge
• Noah Syndergaard (born 1992), American baseball player

T[edit]

• Noah Taylor (born 1969), English-Australian actor
• Noah Tepperberg (born 1975), American businessman
• Noah Thomas (1720–1792), Welsh physician
• Noah Davis Thompson (??–1933), American writer
• Noah Timmins (1867–1936), Canadian mining financier
• Noah Togiai (born 1997), American football player
• Noah Nirmal Tom (born 1994), Indian athlete
• Noah Toribio (born 1999), English footballer
• Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American farmer
• Noah Andre Trudeau (born 1949), American historian

U[edit]

• Noah Urrea (born 2001), American actor

V[edit]

• Noah Van Sciver (born 1984), American cartoonist
• Noah Verhoeven (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Noah Virgin (1812–1892), American miller
• Noah Vonleh (born 1995), American basketball player
• Noah von Williamsburg (1539–??), German noble

W[edit]

• Noah Waddell (born 2001), American pianist
• Noah Wafula (born 1990), Kenyan footballer
• Noah Wallace (born 1991), American skier
• Noah Wardrip-Fruin, American professor
• Noah Warren, Canadian-American poet
• Noah Watts (born 1983), American actor
• Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer
• Noah Weißhaupt (born 2001), German footballer
• Noah Wekesa (born 1936), Kenyan politician
• Noah Welch (born 1982), American ice hockey player
• Noah Wenger (born 1934), American politician
• Noah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Noah Worcester (1758–1837), American clergyman
• Noah Wunsch (born 1970), German painter
• Noah Wyle (born 1971), American actor

Y[edit]

• Noah Yap (born 1993), Singaporean actor
• Noah Young (1887–1958), American weightlifter

Z[edit]

• Noah Zane (1778–1833), American politician

Fictional characters[edit]

• Noah Bennet from Heroes
• Noah Bennett from Passions
• Noah Claypole from Oliver Twist
• Noah Drake from General Hospital
• Noah Lawson from Home and Away
• Noah Newman from The Young and the Restless
• Noah van Helsing from Marvel Comics
• Noah from Total Drama
• Noah from Xenoblade Chronicles 3
• Noah Solloway from The Affair

Notable people with the surname «Noah» include[edit]

• Akie Noah, Sierra Leonean footballer
• Barbara Noah (born 1949), American sculptor
• David Noah, Indonesian keyboardist
• Gabriel Noah (born 1986), Cameroonian footballer
• George Noah (born 1957), Nigerian journalist
• Harith Noah (born 1993), Indian motorsports athlete
• Harold J. Noah (1925–2019), American educator
• Joakim Noah (born 1985), French-American basketball player
• John Noah (1927–2015), American ice hockey player
• Kalleem Noah (1868–1952), Lebanese-Canadian businessman
• Max W. Noah (1932–2018), American lieutenant general
• Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Somali politician
• Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785–1851), American playwright
• Nutty Noah, English entertainer
• Olajuwon Noah (born 1989), Samoan rugby union footballer
• Peter Noah, American television producer
• Rahah Noah (1933–2020), Malaysian social figure
• Timothy Noah (born 1958), American writer
• Trevor Noah (born 1984), South African comedian
• Uki Noah (born 1981), Indonesian guitarist
• William Noah (born 1944), Canadian politician
• Yannick Noah (born 1960), French tennis player
• Zacharie Noah (1937–2017), Cameroonian footballer

See also[edit]

• Noa (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noa»
• Noah (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for «Noah»

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Noah
Noah’s Sacrifice by Daniel Maclise
Venerated in	Judaism Mandaeism Christianity Druze faith[1][2] Yazidism Islam Baháʼí Faith
Major shrine	on a hill at Karak, Lebanon
Feast	November 1st

Noah^[a] ()^[3] appears as the last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9), the Quran and Baha’i writings. Noah is referenced in various other books of the Bible, including the New Testament, and in associated deuterocanonical books.

The Genesis flood narrative is among the best-known stories of the Bible. In this account, Noah labored faithfully to build the Ark at God’s command, ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the Flood, which God created after realising that the world was full of sin. Afterwards, God made a covenant with Noah and promised never again to destroy all the Earth’s creatures with a flood. Noah is also portrayed as a «tiller of the soil» and as a drinker of wine. After the flood, God commands Noah and his sons to «be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth».

Biblical narrative

Tenth and final of the pre-Flood (antediluvian) Patriarchs, son to Lamech and an unnamed mother,^[4] Noah is 500 years old before his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth are born.^[5]

Genesis flood narrative

The Genesis flood narrative is encompassed within chapters 6–9 in the Book of Genesis, in the Bible.^[6] The narrative indicates that God intended to return the Earth to its pre-Creation state of watery chaos by flooding the Earth because of humanity’s misdeeds and then remake it using the microcosm of Noah’s ark. Thus, the flood was no ordinary overflow but a reversal of Creation.^[7] The narrative discusses the evil of mankind that moved God to destroy the world by way of the flood, the preparation of the ark for certain animals, Noah, and his family, and God’s guarantee (the Noahic Covenant) for the continued existence of life under the promise that he would never send another flood.^[8]

After the flood

After the flood, Noah offered burnt offerings to God. God accepted the sacrifice, and made a covenant with Noah, and through him with all mankind, that he would not waste the earth or destroy man by another deluge.^[5]

«And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth».^[9] As a pledge of this gracious covenant with man and beast the rainbow was set in the clouds (ib. viii. 15–22, ix. 8–17). Two injunctions were laid upon Noah: While the eating of animal food was permitted, abstinence from blood was strictly enjoined; and the shedding of the blood of man by man was made a crime punishable by death at the hands of man (ib. ix. 3–6).^[10]

Noah, as the last of the extremely long-lived Antediluvian patriarchs, died 350 years after the flood, at the age of 950, when Terah was 128.^[5] The maximum human lifespan, as depicted by the Bible, gradually diminishes thereafter, from almost 1,000 years to the 120 years of Moses.^[11]

Noah’s drunkenness

After the flood, the Bible says that Noah became a farmer and he planted a vineyard. He drank wine made from this vineyard, and got drunk; and lay «uncovered» within his tent. Noah’s son Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his brothers, which led to Ham’s son Canaan being cursed by Noah.^[10]

As early as the Classical era, commentators on Genesis 9:20–21^[12] have excused Noah’s excessive drinking because he was considered to be the first wine drinker; the first person to discover the effects of wine.^[13] John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, and a Church Father, wrote in the 4th century that Noah’s behavior is defensible: as the first human to taste wine, he would not know its effects: «Through ignorance and inexperience of the proper amount to drink, fell into a drunken stupor».^[14] Philo, a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher, also excused Noah by noting that one can drink in two different manners: (1) to drink wine in excess, a peculiar sin to the vicious evil man or (2) to partake of wine as the wise man, Noah being the latter.^[15] In Jewish tradition and rabbinic literature on Noah, rabbis blame Satan for the intoxicating properties of the wine.^[16][10]

In the context of Noah’s drunkenness,^[17] relates two facts: (1) Noah became drunken and «he was uncovered within his tent», and (2) Ham «saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without».^[18][19]

Because of its brevity and textual inconsistencies, it has been suggested that this narrative is a «splinter from a more substantial tale».^[20][21] A fuller account would explain what exactly Ham had done to his father, or why Noah directed a curse at Canaan for Ham’s misdeed, or how Noah realised what had occurred. In the field of psychological biblical criticism, J. H. Ellens and W. G. Rollins have analysed the unconventional behavior that occurs between Noah and Ham as revolving around sexuality and the exposure of genitalia as compared with other Hebrew Bible texts, such as Habakkuk 2:15^[22] and Lamentations 4:21.^[23][18]

Other commentaries mention that «uncovering someone’s nakedness» could mean having sexual intercourse with that person or that person’s spouse, as quoted in Leviticus 18:7–8^[24] and 20.^[25] From this interpretation comes the speculation that Ham was guilty of engaging in incest and raping Noah^[26] or his own mother. The latter interpretation would clarify why Canaan, as the product of this illicit union, was cursed by Noah.^[19] Alternatively, Canaan could be the perpetrator himself as the Bible describes the illicit deed being committed by Noah’s «youngest son», with Ham being consistently described as the middle son in other verses.^[27]

Table of nations

Genesis 10^[28] sets forth the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, from whom the nations branched out over the Earth after the flood. Among Japheth’s descendants were the maritime nations (10:2–5). Ham’s son Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the first man of might on earth, a mighty hunter, king in Babylon and the land of Shinar (10:6–10). From there Ashur went and built Nineveh. (10:11–12) Canaan’s descendants – Sidon, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites – spread out from Sidon as far as Gerar, near Gaza, and as far as Sodom and Gomorrah (10:15–19). Among Shem’s descendants was Eber (10:21).

These genealogies differ structurally from those set out in Genesis 5 and 11. It has a segmented or treelike structure, going from one father to many offspring. It is strange that the table, which assumes that the population is distributed about the Earth, precedes the account of the Tower of Babel, which says that all the population is in one place before it is dispersed.^[29]

Family tree

Genesis 5:1-32 transmits a genealogy of the Sethites down to Noah, which is taken from the priestly tradition.^[30]
A genealogy of the Canites from the Jawhistic tradition is found in Genesis 4:17–26.^[31]
Biblical scholars see these as variants on one and the same list.^[32] However, if we take the merged text of Genesis as a single account, we can construct the following family tree, which has come down in this form into the Jewish and Christian traditions.

Adam[b]

Eve[b]

Cain[b]

Abel[c]

Seth[d]

Enoch[e]

Enos[f]

Irad[g]

Kenan[h]

Mehujael[g]

Mahalalel[i]

Methushael[g]

Jared[j]

Adah[k]

Lamech[g]

Zillah[k]

Enoch[l]

Jabal[m]

Jubal[n]

Tubal-Cain[o]

Naamah[o]

Methuselah[p]

Lamech[q]

Noah[r]

Shem[s]

Ham[s]

Japheth[s]

Narrative analysis

According to the documentary hypothesis, the first five books of the Bible (Pentateuch/Torah), including Genesis, were collated during the 5th century BC from four main sources, which themselves date from no earlier than the 10th century BC. Two of these, the Jahwist, composed in the 10th century BC, and the Priestly source, from the late 7th century BC, make up the chapters of Genesis which concern Noah. The attempt by the 5th-century editor to accommodate two independent and sometimes conflicting sources accounts for the confusion over such matters as how many of each animal Noah took, and how long the flood lasted.^[33][34]

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible notes that this story echoes parts of the Garden of Eden story: Noah is the first vintner, while Adam is the first farmer; both have problems with their produce; both stories involve nakedness; and both involve a division between brothers leading to a curse. However, after the flood, the stories differ. It is Noah, not God, who plants the vineyard and utters the curse, so «God is less involved».^[35]

Other accounts

In addition to the main story in Genesis, the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) also refers to Noah in the First Book of Chronicles, Isaiah and Ezekiel. References in the deuterocanonical books include the books of Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, 2 Esdras and 4 Maccabees. New Testament references include the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and some of the epistles (Epistle to the Hebrews, 1 Peter and 2 Peter).

Noah became the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including Islam (Surahs 71, 7, 11, 54, and 21 of the Quran) and Baháʼí faith (Kitáb-i-Íqán and Gems of Divine Mysteries).^[36][37]

Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees refers to Noah and says that he was taught the arts of healing by an angel so that his children could overcome «the offspring of the Watchers».^[38]

In 10:1–3 of the Book of Enoch (which is part of the Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon) and canonical for Beta Israel, Uriel was dispatched by «the Most High» to inform Noah of the approaching «deluge».^[39]

Dead Sea scrolls

There are 20 or so fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls that appear to refer to Noah.^[40] Lawrence Schiffman writes, «Among the Dead Sea Scrolls at least three different versions of this legend are preserved.»^[41] In particular, «The Genesis Apocryphon devotes considerable space to Noah.» However, «The material seems to have little in common with Genesis 5 which reports the birth of Noah.» Also, Noah’s father is reported as worrying that his son was actually fathered by one of the Watchers.^[42]

Comparative mythology

Indian and Greek flood-myths also exist, although there is little evidence that they were derived from the Mesopotamian flood-myth that underlies the biblical account.^[43]

Mesopotamian

The Noah story of the Pentateuch is quite similar to a flood story contained in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, composed c. 1800 BCE. In the Gilgamesh version, the Mesopotamian gods decide to send a great flood to destroy mankind. Various correlations between the stories of Noah and Gilgamesh (the flood, the construction of the ark, the salvation of animals, and the release of birds following the flood) have led to this story being seen as the source for the story of Noah. The few variations include the number of days of the deluge, the order of the birds, and the name of the mountain on which the ark rests. The flood story in Genesis 6–8 matches the Gilgamesh flood myth so closely that «few doubt that [it] derives from a Mesopotamian account.»^[44] What is particularly noticeable is the way the Genesis flood story follows the Gilgamesh flood tale «point by point and in the same order», even when the story permits other alternatives.^[45]

The earliest written flood myth is found in the Mesopotamian Epic of Atrahasis and Epic of Gilgamesh texts. The Encyclopædia Britannica says «These mythologies are the source of such features of the biblical Flood story as the building and provisioning of the ark, its flotation, and the subsidence of the waters, as well as the part played by the human protagonist.»^[46] The Encyclopedia Judaica adds that there is a strong suggestion that «an intermediate agent was active. The people most likely to have fulfilled this role are the Hurrians, whose territory included the city of Harran, where the Patriarch Abraham had his roots. The Hurrians inherited the Flood story from Babylonia».^[47]
The encyclopedia mentions another similarity between the stories: Noah is the tenth patriarch and Berossus notes that «the hero of the great flood was Babylonia’s tenth antediluvian king.» However, there is a discrepancy in the ages of the heroes. For the Mesopotamian antecedents, «the reigns of the antediluvian kings range from 18,600 to nearly 65,000 years.» In the Bible, the lifespans «fall far short of the briefest reign mentioned in the related Mesopotamian texts.» Also, the name of the hero differs between the traditions: «The earliest Mesopotamian flood account, written in the Sumerian language, calls the deluge hero Ziusudra.»^[47]

However, Yi Samuel Chen writes that the oldest versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh never mentioned the flood, just mentioning that he went to talk to Utnapishtim to find the secret of immortality. Starting with the Old Babylonian Period, there were attempts to syncretize Utnapishtim with Ziusudra, even though they were previously seen as different figures. Gilgamesh meeting the flood hero was first alluded to in the Old Babylonian Period in «The Death of Bilgamesh» and eventually was imported and standardized in the Epic of Gilgamesh probably in the Middle Babylonian Period.^[48]

Gilgamesh’s historical reign is believed to have been approximately 2700 BC,^[49] shortly before the earliest known written stories. The discovery of artifacts associated with Aga and Enmebaragesi of Kish, two other kings named in the stories, has lent credibility to the historical existence of Gilgamesh.^[50]

The earliest Sumerian Gilgamesh poems date from as early as the Third dynasty of Ur (2100–2000 BC).^[51] One of these poems mentions Gilgamesh’s journey to meet the flood hero, as well as a short version of the flood story, although Chen writes that his was included in texts written during the Old Babylonian Period.^[48][52] The earliest Akkadian versions of the unified epic are dated to c. 2000–1500 BC.^[53] Due to the fragmentary nature of these Old Babylonian versions, it is unclear whether they included an expanded account of the flood myth; although one fragment definitely includes the story of Gilgamesh’s journey to meet Utnapishtim. The «standard» Akkadian version included a long version of the flood story and was edited by Sin-liqe-unninni sometime between 1300 and 1000 BC.^[54]

Yi Samuel Chen analyzes various texts from the Early Dynastic III Period through to the Old Babylonian Period, and argues that the flood narrative was only added in texts written during the Old Babylonian Period. When it comes to the Sumerian King List, observations by experts have always indicated that the portion of the Sumerian King List talking about before the flood is stylistically different from the King List Proper. Essentially Old Babylonian copies tend to represent a tradition of before the flood apart from the actual King List, whereas the Ur III copy of the King List and the duplicate from the Brockmon collection indicate that the King List Proper once existed independent of mention to the flood and the tradition of before the flood. Essentially, Chen gives evidence to prove that the section of before the flood and references to the flood in the Sumerian King List were all later additions added in during the Old Babylonian Period, as the Sumerian King List went through updates and edits. The Flood as a watershed in early History of the world was probably a new historiographical concept emerging in the Mesopotamian literary traditions during the Old Babylonian Period, as evident by the fact that the flood motif didn’t show up in the Ur III copy and that earliest chronographical sources related to the flood show up in the Old Babylonian Period. Chen concludes that the name of Ziusudra as a flood hero and the idea of the flood hinted by that name in the Old Babylonian Version of «Instructions of Shuruppak» are only developments during that Old Babylonian Period, when also the didactic text was updated with information from the burgeoning Antediluvian Tradition^[48]

Ancient Greek

Noah has often been compared to Deucalion, the son of Prometheus and Pronoia in Greek mythology. Like Noah, Deucalion is warned of the flood (by Zeus and Poseidon); he builds an ark and staffs it with creatures – and when he completes his voyage, gives thanks and takes advice from the gods on how to repopulate the Earth. Deucalion also sends a pigeon to find out about the situation of the world and the bird returns with an olive branch.^[55][56] Deucalion, in some versions of the myth, also becomes the inventor of wine, like Noah.^[57] Philo^[58] and Justin equate Deucalion with Noah, and Josephus used the story of Deucalion as evidence that the flood actually occurred and that, therefore, Noah existed.^[59][60]

The motif of a weather deity who headed the pantheon causing the great flood and then the trickster who created men from clay saving man is also present in Sumerian Mythology, as Enlil, instead of Zeus, causes the flood, and Enki, rather than Prometheus, saves man. Stephanie West has written that this is perhaps due to the Greeks borrowing stories from the Near East.^[61]

Religious views

Judaism

The righteousness of Noah is the subject of much discussion among rabbis.^[10] The description of Noah as «righteous in his generation» implied to some that his perfection was only relative: In his generation of wicked people, he could be considered righteous, but in the generation of a tzadik like Abraham, he would not be considered so righteous. They point out that Noah did not pray to God on behalf of those about to be destroyed, as Abraham prayed for the wicked of Sodom and Gomorrah. In fact, Noah is never seen to speak; he simply listens to God and acts on his orders. This led some commentators to offer the figure of Noah as «the righteous man in a fur coat,» who ensured his own comfort while ignoring his neighbour.^[62] Others, such as the medieval commentator Rashi, held on the contrary that the building of the Ark was stretched over 120 years, deliberately in order to give sinners time to repent. Rashi interprets his father’s statement of the naming of Noah (in Hebrew – Noaħ נֹחַ) «This one will comfort us (in Hebrew– yeNaĦamenu יְנַחֲמֵנו) in our work and in the toil of our hands, which come from the ground that the Lord had cursed»,^[63] by saying Noah heralded a new era of prosperity, when there was easing (in Hebrew – naħah – נחה) from the curse from the time of Adam when the Earth produced thorns and thistles even where men sowed wheat and that Noah then introduced the plow.^[64]

According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, «The Book of Genesis contains two accounts of Noah.» In the first, Noah is the hero of the flood, and in the second, he is the father of mankind and a husbandman who planted the first vineyard. «The disparity of character between these two narratives has caused some critics to insist that the subject of the latter account was not the same as the subject of the former.»^[10]

The Encyclopedia Judaica notes that Noah’s drunkenness is not presented as reprehensible behavior. Rather, «It is clear that … Noah’s venture into viticulture provides the setting for the castigation of Israel’s Canaanite neighbors.» It was Ham who committed an offense when he viewed his father’s nakedness. Yet, «Noah’s curse, … is strangely aimed at Canaan rather than the disrespectful Ham.»^[47]

Mandaeism

In Mandaeism, Noah (Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡅ) is mentioned in Book 18 of the Right Ginza. In the text, Noah’s wife is named as Nuraita (Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡅࡓࡀࡉࡕࡀ), while his son is named as Shum (i.e., Shem; Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌ).^[65][66]

Christianity

Peter 2:5 refers to Noah as a «preacher of righteousness».^[67] In the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, Jesus compares Noah’s flood with the coming Day of Judgement: «Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.»^[68][69]

The First Epistle of Peter compares the power of baptism with the Ark saving those who were in it. In later Christian thought, the Ark came to be compared to the Church: salvation was to be found only within Christ and his Lordship, as in Noah’s time it had been found only within the Ark. St Augustine of Hippo (354–430), demonstrated in The City of God that the dimensions of the Ark corresponded to the dimensions of the human body, which corresponds to the body of Christ; the equation of Ark and Church is still found in the Anglican rite of baptism, which asks God, «who of thy great mercy didst save Noah,» to receive into the Church the infant about to be baptised.^[70]

In medieval Christianity, Noah’s three sons were generally considered as the founders of the populations of the three known continents, Japheth/Europe, Shem/Asia, and Ham/Africa, although a rarer variation held that they represented the three classes of medieval society – the priests (Shem), the warriors (Japheth), and the peasants (Ham). In medieval Christian thought, Ham was considered to be the ancestor of the people of black Africa. So, in racialist arguments, the curse of Ham became a justification for the slavery of the black races.^[71]

Isaac Newton, in his religious works on the development of religion, wrote about Noah and his offspring. In Newton’s view, while Noah was a monotheist, the gods of pagan antiquity are identified with Noah and his descendants.^[72]

Gnosticism

An important Gnostic text, the Apocryphon of John, reports that the chief archon caused the flood because he desired to destroy the world he had made, but the First Thought informed Noah of the chief archon’s plans, and Noah informed the remainder of humanity. Unlike the account of Genesis, not only are Noah’s family saved, but many others also heed Noah’s call. There is no ark in this account. According to Elaine Pagels, «Rather, they hid in a particular place, not only Noah, but also many other people from the unshakable race. They entered that place and hid in a bright cloud.»^[73]

Druze faith

The Druze regard Noah as the second spokesman (natiq) after Adam, who helped transmit the foundational teachings of monotheism (tawhid) intended for the larger audience.^[74] He is considered an important prophet of God among Druze, being among the seven prophets who appeared in different periods of history.^[1][2]

Islam

Noah is a highly important figure in Islam and he is seen as one of the most significant of all prophets. The Quran contains 43 references to Noah, or Nuḥ, in 28 chapters, and the seventy-first chapter, Sūrah Nūḥ (Arabic: سورة نوح), is named after him. His life is also spoken of in the commentaries and in Islamic legends.

Noah’s narratives largely cover his preaching as well the story of the Deluge. Noah’s narrative sets the prototype for many of the subsequent prophetic stories, which begin with the prophet warning his people and then the community rejecting the message and facing a punishment.

Noah has several titles in Islam, based primarily on praise for him in the Quran, including «True Messenger of God» (XXVI: 107) and «Grateful Servant of God» (XVII: 3).^[47][75]

The Quran focuses on several instances from Noah’s life more than others, and one of the most significant events is the Flood. God makes a covenant with Noah just as he did with Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad later on (33:7). Noah is later reviled by his people and reproached by them for being a mere human messenger and not an angel (10:72–74). Moreover, the people mock Noah’s words and call him a liar (7:62), and they even suggest that Noah is possessed by a devil when the prophet ceases to preach (54:9).^[76] Only the lowest in the community join Noah in believing in God’s message (11:29), and Noah’s narrative further describes him preaching both in private and public. The Quran narrates that Noah received a revelation to build an Ark, after his people refused to believe in his message and hear the warning. The narrative goes on to describe that waters poured forth from the Heavens, destroying all the sinners. Even one of his sons disbelieved him, stayed behind, and was drowned. After the Flood ended, the Ark rested atop Mount Judi (Quran 11:44).

Also, Islamic beliefs deny the idea of Noah being the first person to drink wine and experience the aftereffects of doing so.^[47][75]

Quran 29:14 states that Noah had been living among the people who he was sent to for 950 years when the flood started.

And, indeed, [in times long past] We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he dwelt among them a thousand years bar fifty; and then the floods overwhelmed them while they were still lost in evildoing.

Baháʼí Faith

The Baháʼí Faith regards the Ark and the Flood as symbolic.^[77] In Baháʼí belief, only Noah’s followers were spiritually alive, preserved in the ark of his teachings, as others were spiritually dead.^[78][79] The Baháʼí scripture Kitáb-i-Íqán endorses the Islamic belief that Noah had a large number of companions, either 40 or 72, besides his family on the Ark, and that he taught for 950 (symbolic) years before the flood.^[80]

Ahmadiyya

According to the Ahmadiyya understanding of the Quran, the period described in the Quran is the age of his dispensation, which extended until the time of Ibrahim (Abraham, 950 years). The first 50 years were the years of spiritual progress, which were followed by 900 years of spiritual deterioration of the people of Noah.^[81]

See also

• Bergelmir, a jötunn in Norse mythology who survives the worldwide flood in a floating container
• Cessair, Noah’s daughter in the Lebor Gabála Érenn who travels to Ireland with a fleet as instructed by Noah to try to escape the flood.
• Jamshid, character of the Shahnameh that has similarities with the story of Noah
• Manu, the central character in the Hindu flood myth, and Vishnu.
• Noah’s wine, a term that refers to an alcoholic beverage.
• Noah’s pudding
• Nu’u, a mythological Hawaiian character who built an ark and escaped a Great Flood.
• Patriarchal age
• Searches for Noah’s Ark, sometimes referred to as arkeology.
• Seven Laws of Noah
• Sumerian flood myth (Eridu Genesis)
• Tomb of Noah
• Thamanin

Citations

General and cited references

External links

• «Noah» from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
• «Nuh»—MuslimWiki
• «Noah» . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 722.