Noah - for a girl?

[DreamOrange]

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

Noah Kate?

Thanks!

What's with the 'come back and face the music' ffs? She's asked a question and people have answered, some more politely than others.

If you're looking for a bun fight sod off to AIBU. People's opinions differ. Baby names are a personal choice. She may still love the name and may still use it, she may not. Either way if she turns up with a baby girl called Noah that's her choice, nobody else's

Pure coincidence, but I had the same thought of Noah for a girl yesterday, which is what led me to searching for this thread!
I personally really like Noah (spelt with a H) for a girl, and don't think it hugely matters that its a common boys name.
I don't think that it would be much of an issue beyond the introduction stage, if that at all.
People are really open these days and honestly, many traditionally male names can work for girls.
When a girl has a traditionally male name, it can quickly be forgotten that this is the case.
Think of
Cameron Diaz,
Elliott from Scrubs,
Reese Witherspoon
or
Jessica Simpson's daughter Maxwell or
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's daughter James

In the case of the women mentioned, you don't even register them as male names - and as for the younger girls, its not hard to make the shift.

All in all, Noah for a girl is a lovely option in my humble opinion!

Reese Witherspoon's real name is Jean. Or Joan. One of the two.

When a girl has a traditionally male name, it can quickly be forgotten that this is the case.

For you it can. But what about for the girl/woman, who has to do that annoying introduction explanation over and over and over again? Just read some of the anecdotal evidence given already in this thread!

Personally I wouldn't want to do that to my kid. Not when there are thousands of perfectly good girl's names that I could just instead.

nyny would you be as enthusiastic about giving girls' name to a boy?

Sophie or Isabelle for example, could you see them working for your son?

The reason it's different, IMO, is that Noa is said basically the same as Noah (in English) so it's very different to naming a boy Isabelle.

I have a name which is spelled like a mans name, it has caused me such annoyance over the years. Every course i enrol in - they pronounce it as it would be for the man and its an embarrassment for me to put up my hand and say actually its....
Don't spell it with the H

On the other hand i have a little Noah so i obviously like the name

I taught a 9 year old Kim who wrote to a firm (about our topic) who addressed the reply to Miss Kim X. He responded with a polite explanation that Kim was a boy's name first and referring them to RudyardKipling's Kim.

Polly but in her example she used James and Maxwell as examples of names that can work well for girls. Isabelle compares pretty well with James I think.

But James gets the NN Jamie, and Jamie is unisex, so I have to disagree with it being like Isabelle.

I wouldn't name my daughter James though.

Well of course you disagree. People who think boys' names for girls are a good idea will always find a reason to explain why it doesn't work the other way!

I don't think they're a good idea. I'm just explaining why they're different, it's called seeing things from someone else's point of view, it doesn't mean I agree with it, it just means I can explain why they see it like that

No need for the huffy little face!

Okay Joanne for a boy then. Jo/e is unisex so Joanne wouldn't be too much of a burden.

No need for your sarcasm! Again, I think it's awful and wouldn't choose it, but I suppose people who would like to, would say he could be called Joe.

Dreamorange, Love Noa for a girl, and for the record think you made your point very well!!

I don't think anyone has mentioned this, I might be wrong, but what about when she's applying for jobs? She'll have to specify that she's female, which is a bit weird. And then when she has a job - every letter/email, she'll have to sign off with Ms or Miss ... At least if it's spelt Noa, people will assume it's not one of the myriad male Noahs who will all be applying for jobs/university at the same time.