Noah - for a girl?

That's NOT what she asked for! Whether you like the name- up for debate. Whether it's a girls name - not up for debate.

And OP clearly doesn't want a bloody debate on whether it's a girl's name!

The she shouldn't have asked for opinions because that's what she got - opinions.

People will assume you don't know how to spell .

I adore Noa for a girl and only reason I won't use it is because my godson is Noah so would be too confusing for our network of friends.

Noah in the bible was a male
Noa in the bible was a female
And like the poster above mentioned the male version should actually be pronounced with 'ch' so to name a girl Noa as we are all used to hearing it would be perfectly legitimate.

It's not unisex. In Hebrew, the boys' name is pronounced Noach (the ach pronounced like the ch in Loch). The girls' name is Noa. They have different meanings. They just came to sound the same in English because we don't have the "ch" sound.

(And OP clearly doesn't want a bloody debate on whether it's a girl's name!)

I like it :-)

No.

I think it's horrible for a girl.
I also think it's mean to call a girl a widely accepted boys name. like calling a girl Trevor. or a boy Lily.
i also think it has undertones of 'we wanted a boy so much we called our girl a boys name'
she'll likely resent it. at least at some point in time. probably after the umpteenth time someone has assumed she's a boy, possibly a boy who wears dresses even, so dressing as a girl won't necessarily make it clear to people. it's a lifetime of agro for her.

At secondary school we had a new pupil starting. Leigh.

Everyone assumed it was a girl.

He was a boy. It was a big deal at the time and he was bullied for it, the teacher behaved badly and the seating plans had to be rewritten! And that is a name that really is commonly used for both sexes.

I have a very unusual name, only ever met one other in this country... Because of that most people accept it as feminine BUT I have still a fair few times had 'but that's a BOYS name!'

Please, please don't saddle the your daughter with this. I'm very sorry, but it is ridiculous. Just looks like you are trying to make a point.

Noa, is nice.

I'm a midwife and have never see a girl Noah. Personally I don't like it for a little girl. Do really like Norah though

I think that she and others might wonder whether you had really wanted a boy and so called her a boy's name.

Likewise a child named something top 10 might think the parents lacked imagination, or child named River for example might think their parents were drunk when they named them. Doesn't make the name a bad name. Each to their own.

But Noa IS a girls name! People are making far more of a thing of the unisex name thing than it is. If she uses Noa (that spelling) it's a girls name, just like Leslie is female. It's not like she's calling her Stephen or Benjamin.
And people use ALL kinds of things to name their children these days that are far weirder. I think we're now in an age where anything goes. The baby could end up hating what ever name it has. I for one would HATE to be called Amelia/Ava/Olivia because if I was born now I'd be the equivalent of the Sarah's and Laura's of my generation.

I think that she and others might wonder whether you had really wanted a boy and so called her a boy's name.

But I don't see the issue with people thinking she's a boy, they'll realise soon enough when she talks/wears a dress etc! And there are plenty of unisex names out there

This is not a unisex name though.

If you see my post from previously in the thread, you might get an idea of the issue it can create to give your daughter a boy's name. I knew an adult Stevie and she hated it.

Noah is a horrible name, male or female. I'm hoping it's so overused that it crashes and burns soon. So many Noah 's at school, it's like all these parents wanted something 'different' and they've all picked the same.

If I saw Noah written down on a list, I'd think boy though.

Noah is a bearded man

Not many people will know the female version

I love it spelt Noa, it's at the top of my list. HATE it for a boy and don't like the Noah spelling for a girl. But I don't see the issue with people thinking she's a boy, they'll realise soon enough when she talks/wears a dress etc! And there are plenty of unisex names out there.

Just don't.

What about Norah?

Or Noa is much nicer.

franciscrawford none of my 3 DDs are called James.

Noah is a beautiful name, DD is 14 and There are 2 in her year of 399. Equally Noa is gorgeous for a girl.

Noah is not a good name for a girl. I have to say I dislike the trend of giving boys' names to girls. It's not cute, as I've heard some people say, it's trying-too-hard and cringeworthy. (see post upthread about the pissed-off woman always having to explain her male name)
I particularly dislike that it's only ever one way -- these days it's very rare to call boys formerly unisex names like Evelyn or Hilary, never mind Rosie or Martha.
As a pp poster said, it's also to do with perceived status, so if you fondly imagine you're giving your DD a unisex name, bear in mind that as more girls are called Morgan, or Taylor, fewer and fewer boys will be, so it may well end up as a girl's name anyway.

Because Francis, speshul snowflake.

Rest of us mainstream wouldn't understand and couldn't rock it