Girls name Noa

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I love the name Noa for a girl. I think it’s perfect and meets all of my very fussy requirements 😆

Just a bit concerned by the popularity of the boys name Noah. Wondering if it would be an issue for the child.

Any thoughts? Or alternative suggestions welcome ☺️

It will be an issue. Noah is very popular.
What do you like about it?

Should maybe mention that my other requirements are:

•the name cannot end in an ‘eee’ sound (too matchy-matchy with surname) I.e not ebony, lucy etc
•doesn’t need to be massively obscure but would prefer to avoid top 100
•prefer to avoid a ‘trending’ name that would be easily dated
•it cannot have a colour meaning (too matchy with DD name)
•prefer to avoid names beginning with S

Great question!

Trying to think what I like about it - I think maybe simplicity, plus it’s a clearly known and recognisable name but feels ‘fresh’ to me (for a girl), and I think it’s pretty without being dainty.

Other names I like (but can’t/won’t use) are Ebony and Saffron (just trying to give an idea of my ‘taste’).

My sister named her youngest girl Noa. Has had no issues at all.

Noah is quite popular these days.

How about Leah? Similar sounds.

What about Nola? Similar to Noah/Noa but avoids any possible confusion.

Kate Lawler's daughter is called Noa, I think it's a lovely name.

Thank you - I don’t love Leah as much, I don’t know why 🤷🏻‍♀️

Nia?

Thanks for the suggestion. I’m not sure why but I just like it far less with the L in there.

I like it. I think it's cool.

Thank you for the suggestion.

I prefer it with the O. This sounds too much like Sia, Mia,Tia etc to me (I know I’m fussy).

I like it but I don't think it meets your criteria - it is trending, certainly where I live

Ah lovely 🥰 Thanks for sharing this.

I like it.

My daughter is called Noa and I'm sooo glad we went with it. I love her name and it suits her. Yes as she gets older she may come across boy Noah's but the way that I see it is things are changing. We gave her a 'girlie' middle name so as she gets older if it's a problem for her she can use that. However she is the youngest of 4 girls and my other girls all have nicknames from their names that their friends call them anyway. I'm really glad we stuck with it now. I now see it as a girls name and find it funny when I hear a boy called it.

Oh is it? Thanks for pointing this out! I haven’t noticed that it is where I am but perhaps that’s soon to change.

If you love it, use it. People will probably assume Noa is a boy on first hearing, but it won't be any more problematic than it is for girls called Charlie or Sam or Pat. Which is to say really not a big deal at all.

Thank you for sharing this! Really useful to get your experience. Just love your name choice 🥰

Thank you ☺️

I really like it!
It feels different to Noah for some reason, when I say it in my head the o is slightly harder if that makes sense.
I've never met anyone with the name. I'd go for it!

I think its a pretty name.

It's a lovely name and most people will know from the spelling that she's a girl

My son would have been Noa if he had been a girl. In his class he has Noa, Ona, Una and Uma, so it seems that people are going for these kinds of names.

Love it. Id use it. After hearing some of the names people pick on here, Noa is tame 😂