Noah
[ˈnoʊə]Meaning
From the Hebrew name נֹחַ (Noaḥ), meaning "rest, repose".
Background Story
Noah is the English form of the Biblical Hebrew name נֹחַ (Noaḥ), also rendered Noach, and a separate Hebrew name נֹעָה (Noʿa), meaning "motion", is spelled the same way in English though written distinctly in Hebrew. As an English Christian name it has been used since the Protestant Reformation, being common among the Puritans, and it is used in Arabic, Biblical Dutch, Biblical French, Biblical German, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Italian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Portuguese, Biblical Spanish, Biblical Swedish, Croatian, Dutch, French, Portuguese and Spanish. In the United States it grew slowly from the 1970s, rose rapidly from 1994, and was the most popular name for boys in America between 2013 and 2016.
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