Noa for a girl

B'shaa tova!

People will soon discover she's not a boy! But easy for me to say... also Jewish.

The only other consideration is if you want to give her a noticeably Jewish name at the moment. My children have Jewish names, and it's a slight worry.

Seeing it written down, I would assume girl. If I just heard it I would automatically assume boy.

I really love it.

Lovely name.

Nope.

Too similar to Noah. I wouldn't choose any girl's name that is close to, or a female version of a boy's name.

Why would it be a problem? I have one of them and it has caused me 0 issues in life.
Is it your name or your child's? Are you or your DC just Sam or are you Samantha or Samuel?

I've been in situations where the person was expecting me to be a man and it wasn't a good experience.

I used to deal with someone solely by email. For years I didn't know if it was a man or woman as the name is unisex and not spelt differently for men and women. I had no reason to ask and didn't need to know, so I didn't ask. She went on maternity leave.

I really like Noa as a girl's name. I think when people see the name spelt that way they know it's a girl - but maybe that's because I'm Jewish and I'm more familiar with the name.

There's Noami or Naomi as well, although I think with the first spelling people would get it wrong a lot.

In UK Noah is a boys' name . Noa is wonderful but she would have to explain so often.

There was one in my DS’s preschool class. Lovely name, lovely girl but she was always described as “Girl Noa” by the kids.

Noa is a lovely name and I know of several. I do live in northwest London though where you are more likely to come across a Noa than a Noah (in 18 years of raising boys I've come across 2).

There are some hilariously mental comments on this board. You do realise that there are lots of names that are for males and females - Sam, Charlie, Alex, Jordan, Billie, Frankie etc. Why would it be a problem? I have one of them and it has caused me 0 issues in life.

Love it.

like a pp said there have to be some little girls not named olivia 😂

Very common in Jewish circles, outside of those I think most people would assume boy.

@wishingonastar101 , Alex, Nik and Danny are diminutives and the full names will indicate the sex of the child. Jessie is usually short for Jessica.

I know a couple called Chris and Alex and I struggle to remember which one is which.

I like it! You can have names which are gender neutral (Alex, Jessie, Nik, Danny... etc) so I don't think people would assume she is a boy.

I know a Noa. She's amazing!

There are plenty of people who can’t spell a popular name Phoebe, or there are kids in Welsh border towns that spell their kids names like - Lewys/Jac/Harri that need to correct people.
Lewys is asking for it because the name isn't much used. Jac and Harri are common first names. You'd still be spelling them out but not that often.

I love it. I knew 2 girls named Noa at school, both French, long before Noah rampaged up the name charts.

How interesting. I did not know this. I suppose it relates to the similar use of H ending names like Susanna(h) or Hanna(h).

I’d spell it right, but I know a Noa plus I’ve seen a couple of Noas online.
There are plenty of people who can’t spell a popular name Phoebe, or there are kids in Welsh border towns that spell their kids names like - Lewys/Jac/Harri that need to correct people.
If you like the name then use it. I think it’s cute.

I like it, but am also Jewish.

Noah has been very popular for about 20 years and there are thousands and thousands of them. It's been a top 20 name for 15 years, with over 4000 registered each year for the past 13 years. Noa is hardly used. Baby name explorer.

It's a nice name but Noah is too popular. She'll be the only Noa when there will be lots of Noahs.

I know one and think it’s lovely but even though it is a separate name the popularity of Noah would put me off - there is a good chance of there being a Noah in her class and so she’d end up being known as ‘girl Noa’ or ‘Noa initial’ which I’d try to avoid personally.

Oddly enough, when coming at it from an English-language perspective, "Noa" and "Noah" are the same name in Hebrew - meaning movement, uprising, or revolution, and exclusively feminine. The Old Testament character Noah is a woman - one of the five daughters of Zelophehad, who were the first women to inherit wealth in their own right. The familiar European boy's name "Noah" is actually a variation or simplification of the Hebrew Noach (the guy who built the ark), which is masculine and means "rest". I think Noa (f) is probably popular enough in English to avoid too much confusion now, and even more so in Spanish.

I know of 2 Noas under the age of 2! Including our next door neighbours' dd

I really like it, I was a bit hmm at first but actually it's lovely

If I see it without an h then I assume girl. I prefer it for a girl than boy.