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Noah - for a girl

96 replies

AlexanderSkarsgardIWould · 27/04/2012 13:28

Have been looking through my Bible for some inspiration and there is a female Noah in the Old Testament. I kinda like it - any thoughts?

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threeleftfeet · 29/04/2012 01:39

Ooh I like it for a girl. I'm not keen on it for a boy, it's getting a bit overused IMO.

What's the story behind the female Noah, do you know?

Firawla · 29/04/2012 01:00

Noa is nice, I think Noah will be too confusing on a girl

MmeBucket · 29/04/2012 00:53

I think it was a father who was very disappointed he didn't have a boy, and I can't imagine what the mother was thinking to let him have his way.

justhayley · 28/04/2012 09:37
  • just called lol
Floggingmolly · 28/04/2012 09:35

What sort of attention seeking moron calls their daughter Kevin? If they were going for a "look at us, we're so cool and different" it backfired pretty spectacularly there, didn't it? Gobshites.

bonzo77 · 28/04/2012 09:34

Noa is used as a girl's name amongst israelis and jewish people. In the hebrew the girl's name is pronounced "noah" (the way we all know it) and the boy's "No-uch" where th "uch" sound is a bit like the "ugh" / heavy sigh you do when exasperated.

I love it for a girl or a boy, but would spell it "noa" for a girl.

justhayley · 28/04/2012 09:31

I don't think it's a good idea but I'm considering it as a name for my little man so can't imagine it as a girls name. Noa looks pretty written down, but I just think it's too well known as a boys name. My friend just card her little girl Nea which I think is beautiful & def wouldn't be mistaken for a boy!

DogEared · 28/04/2012 09:25

I'm sorry, a female Kevin????? OMG. Who looks at a newborn baby girl and thinks "she looks like a Kevin?" :o

DogEared · 28/04/2012 09:24

Noa is not a traditional Welsh girls' name. Nia yes, maybe they confused with that? I have spoken Welsh forever and I never knew Noa could be a girls' name. (Though we would spell Noah as Noa in Welsh.)

I was always tall and had a deep voice and felt awkward and would have hated being called a name that was more associated with boys than girls. I think you'd have to be very cool and girly to carry it off, and she may not be.

MmeBucket · 28/04/2012 02:09

I know a female Kevin and a female James. Trust me, they do NOT thank their parents for their names one bit. If you're set on it, please at least take the suggestions for Noa.

Lifeonthecanal · 28/04/2012 01:23

I think Noa for a girl is lovely

Buglove · 27/04/2012 23:51

I teach a little boy called (and spelt) the feminine way....Noa. I quite like it for a girl Smile

Bellaholland · 27/04/2012 23:39

Noa is very popular in Holland as a girls name. I love it!

LynetteScavo · 27/04/2012 21:58

Noa for a girl.

MrsSchadenfreude · 27/04/2012 21:57

It's quite a popular girls' name in Israel. DD1 has two Israeli girls in her class called Noa (without the "h").

zipzap · 27/04/2012 21:51

I have a little boy Noah.

When he was born we got some pink presents from one of my mother's cousins which I was a bit Hmm about - lovely present but something that was very definitely for a girl.

When I told my mum she realised what had happened - she'd just left a message for her cousin and said that zipzap had had her baby who was called Noah, lots of other stuff had happened so she got sidetracked by that and hadn't explicitly said it was a boy. Mum and cousin are both Welsh, albeit Mum no longer lives there.

Apparently Noa is a traditional Welsh girls name, so when she got the message she assumed I'd had a girl whereas mum, given that she knew my noah was a boy, had forgotten that it could also be used as a girls name and that her cousin would be more likely to default to the Welsh rather than English option! Grin

applepieinthesky · 27/04/2012 21:48

I like Noah and have always thought it sounds far more feminine than masculine. Go for it.

gallicgirl · 27/04/2012 21:43

I like Noa.

What about Nora?

DesperatelySeekingDistraction · 27/04/2012 20:07

Lovely name but very common for a boy so potential for bullying issues in addition to possibly a lifetime of letters incorrectly addressed to Mr Noah, and having to ignore the surprise on a colleague / client's face when meeting her for the first time when they may have been expecting a man.

Names in a similar vein:
Eden (more unisex than Noah, I've taught 2 female Edens and one male)
Anais
Nia

welovesausagedogs · 27/04/2012 20:01

I think it's pretty but definitely spell it Noa as that is the female version.

MamaLazarou · 27/04/2012 19:38

I met a baby girl called Noa. Seems a bit wanky to me, tbh.

MrsLettuce · 27/04/2012 18:12

Noa has been in and out of the top 10 here for years. It's a name I've grown to love!

nizlopi · 27/04/2012 18:01

Isn't that Miley Cyrus's little sisters name?

I think its a boys name, but I guess others don't.

BBQJuly · 27/04/2012 17:59

It's so well known as a boys' name that I don't think using it for a girl is a good idea.

Alannah
Sarah
Hannah
Leah
Susannah
Joanna
Naomi
Nina
Rebekah
Norah
Zarah
Delilah
Adah
Abigail
Anna
Sapphira
Tabitha
Deborah
Dinah
Bethany
Cassia/Keziah
Rachel
Miriam
Zohra
Martha
Esther
Jemima
Lydia
Mahalia

ilovesprouts · 27/04/2012 17:16

noah is a boys name