Girls name Noa

[WednesdayStar4]

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 ☺️

How about Ella, Jill, Dara, Mia, Isa, Belle, Ruth, Lara, Flora, Chloé, Anna, Ria, Clemmie, Vera, Kay?
(Love these name threads).

Oh I love it.
Nora is an option but Noa is fresher

I like Noa, and also Nova.

I don't think Noah is that popular any more, it had its moment a few years ago. Now is very popular around here, I know three, all very young.

I think it’s absolutely beautiful.

I have three DC aged 5 and under and have never met a Noah.

I love it and always have since I used to wear Noa perfume. I would always assume girl spelt this way as well.

My daughters middle name is Noa, it's an extremely popular name in the Netherlands.
I think it's beautiful, go for it!

I love it. Simple, different (without being too different), easy to spell, suits all ages. It’s a very popular name in Israel.

Is it a name?

How about Ava?

I love it!

I guess hearing the name you would probably think boy but not seeing it written.

I really like it for a girl. Noa or Noah. I would use this. While it may be popular for a boy, it has a different edge for a girl, for me.

There are lots of names that are unisex but spelt slightly different for boys/girls eg Terri/Terry (OK not a 2022 name!) Billie/Billy etc.

There are names I always thought were boys names bring used for girls eg Aubrey, Sydney etc.

I like Noa and as someone else mentioned so does Kate Lawler!

I would pronounce Noah and Noa the same way, it's unusual and striking for a girl. She would be likely to meet other Noa/hs along the road (probably boys), but does it really matter that much?!

Pia? It means soft. Noa sounds too much like the boys name. Nora?

I think these three letter names ending in a are very girl 2020s (also Ava, Eva, Ela, Ana, Mia, Tia).
If you don't want it to feel dated I would go different.
Florence, Rachel etc.
All the female toddlers on our road are these three letter names and I get them mixed up.

How about Nell?

I don’t think it’s any problem using it for a girl and won’t cause any problems. However, If one of your criteria is not in the top 100 I wouldn’t choose it as Noah has been very popular for a while so it doesn’t sound unusual at all

Noa is the girls version of Noah, it's a Hebrew name, very common Jewish girls name. It's lovely, very simple.

What about Nina?

I've got a lovely jacket from Noa Noa.

Won't it be confusing when you have to say, 'No, Noa!'

I love it

I like it. Unusual but not too out there. Good name that suits a child and adult.

Here's a previous Noa thread.

I love it, for many reasons. The simplicity, the sound, the meaning in Hebrew (movement, uprising, revolution), and the echo of a lot of lost short Hebrew-via-Yiddish names like Bluma, Brenna, Gila, Yona, etc. that I wouldn't use in the UK now. I don't see it like Gia, Lia, Mia, Tia, etc - which are all traditional short forms for various names - nothing wrong with them but Noa is its own name.

You did mention that you don't want a popular name, so I'd think about the popularity of Noah - even though it is not the same name it sounds the same, and you might find "boy Noah, girl Noah" as annoying as, say, Olivia A and Olivia B.

I'd still use it.

Others that might appeal in some similar ways (apologies for repeats):

Cara
Hope
Lea(h)
Nadia
Nava
Noora
Oona
Rue
Sela
Zillah
Zoia

To me Noa means 'ordinary' or something akin to that. Grew up in NZ though with Maori language so probably relatively unlikely to encounter that meaning in the UK.