Noah - for a girl?

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Hi, thoughts on the name Noah? There's a female Noah in the bible, so it's definitely unisex.

Noah Kate?

Thanks!

My daughter was at school with a Noa. Caused the child no end of problems with explaining her name, the spelling of it etc all the time.
Why land a child with such issues?

Not great for a boy, horrible for a girl. "Noah Kate" sounds like a joke. Sorry.

I wasn't asking for a debate about if it's male or female.

Kind of inevitable I'm afraid when you're suggesting a name that 99.9% of the population regard as a boys' name.

Kind of inevitable I'm afraid when you're suggesting a name that 99.9% of the population regard as a boys' name

Right? It's kind of like if I made a thread saying "Elizabeth for a boy, what do you think? But don't say anything about Elizabeth being a girls name cos I don't care"

So in answer to your question, OP, but without discussing that which may not be discussed, my thoughts are: it's horrible.

People are giving you their thoughts on the name Noah, for a girl.

Their thoughts are - Noa is more common for girls; Noah is perceived as a boys' name.

This is what people will think in real life, too.

Every single name in the world is unisex, by the way.

There is no law against calling a boy Margaret, or a girl Trevor.

You can do what you like.

I've never heard of it used for a girl but it's super popular for boys right now. I think she would face a lot of confusion and possible bullying.

I think Noa is lovely but will cause a lot of confusion if you call her Noah.

It is weird how a spelling affects a name, but in this case it totally does. I don't even think it is because Noah is seen as the masculine spelling, I just think it looks clumsy and ugly (for a boy or a girl) Whereas Noa looks cool.

Argh OP if you didn't actually want people's opinions then you should not have asked!!

Not an issue with people assuming boy - I think many names would be assumed boy - Morgan, etc. (IMO)
I think it would be a real shame if you burdened your child with a name that the majority of the population sees as a boys name. She will have to explain that all of the time. It's no good you arguing that it was a girls name- yes, in the Bible, but not in a section people will recognise so no one will care.
Not a nice name and does not work for a girl.

Lots of things happened in the bible that shouldn't happen today.

Naming a girl Noah is one of them.

On the other hand Noa is a lovely name for a girl.

I usually really like boy names on girls (really wanted to call dd Stevie but it got vetoed :( ) but I really am not a fan of the name Noah. Even though it will be an unusual name and she will probably be the only girl in her class with it, there will most likely be at least one boy Noah so she'll still be stuck with being known as Noah S or whatever your last name is.

It doesn't really matter if the name was originally unisex if in common usage it is now almost exclusively a boy's name with that spelling, therefore it will be confusing and with the name being very popular for boys at the moment, your DD will more than likely have one or more male Noahs in her class. It also doesn't go with Kate, whichever way you spell it....

There's absolutely no point getting on your high horse about MNers debating whether it's a male or female name and saying that's not what you want to hear - your OP asked for 'thoughts on Noah?' The majority of posters' thoughts are 'it's a boy's name now, why not spell it the feminine way and use Noa.' That may not be what you want to hear but in that case, why ask?

Okay to answer your question, I hate it, I think it's an awful name for a girl.
Now if you asked me if I liked the name Noa for a girl, you'd get a completely different answer.

Why on earth wouldn't you just use the female spelling given its pronounced the same?

Or rather, why would you set your child up for a life time of hassle?

Leaving that aside though the more I say it, the more Noah Kate sounds like a medicine.

No Noah

No. She won't thank you.

The problem with Noah for a girl is that it is so popular for boys at the moment that almost everyone she will come across will assume she is a boy, or if they are aware it's a girls name, they will spell it as Noa. it's your decision of course but it's not unreasonable for people to tell you this given that you asked for opinions.

You know how you have people telling you Noah is a boys name and you "state" it's unisex because the Bible?

So imagine having that conversation in real life with people for the next ten years on a daily basis and people pointing out other "statements" from the bible about rape, slaves, etc.

Do you really want to be having this conversation over and over? It will get pretty heated sometimes. Mostly because everyone agrees languages evolve and today Noah is known as a boys' name. You and your daughter will not singlehandedly change that perception.

is the "h" really worth all that?

My sister was given a boys name/unisex name that is used for boys 99% of the time. It caused her no end of trouble with it being assumed she was a boy when reading the name e.g. being put with all the boys during school activities.

It may well technically be unisex but it isn't used in that way. It would be different if Noah was so popular for boys but it is.

My thoughts? Don't love it as a name for a boy (or Noa for a girl) but it's fine.

But calling a girl Noah? What everyone else said. You can pat yourself on the back about how alternative and biblically accurate you are, whilst poor little Noah deals with a lifetime of administrative confusion and playground teasing. Until she changes it by deed poll.

So on you go. From the tone of your posts you clearly have your mind made up anyway.