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Is NOAH - very common? How many do you know?

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wibblewobbly · 04/03/2009 09:09

Is the name Noah very common where you live?

It is no 50 on the 100 most popular names but whenever i mention the name people seem to always say 'Noah is becoming very common nowadays.'

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Wigglesworth · 04/03/2009 11:43

I know one, my work mates DS.

throckenholt · 04/03/2009 11:49

I know 1 - he is about 5. Not common at all.

georgiemum · 04/03/2009 11:49

I know a couple in London - but they are from the US

EachPeachPearMum · 04/03/2009 11:50

we know 3, and don't have a particularly wide social circle tbh. They are all 3-3.5 yo

sockmonkey · 04/03/2009 11:59

I know one... my DS. He is 5
Lots of Samuels and Camerons round here, and quite a few Ethans

MrsMattie · 04/03/2009 13:50

4 - all under 5

mickeylou · 04/03/2009 14:15

None - its really lovely though. sadly DH has vetoed it for this baby [sulk]!

LuLuBai · 04/03/2009 15:05

I know one down my end of Middle Class London Mummysville...

Issy123 · 04/03/2009 15:13

I don't know any.

DottyDot · 04/03/2009 15:15

It's ds1's middle name (he's 7) and I kind of wish we'd had the courage to make it his first name as he would really suit it. I love it - we don't know anyone else in his school called Noah.

strictmumof3 · 04/03/2009 15:39

I know 3,
1 is 2 years old and the other 2 are about 7 months.

SouthernMeerkat · 04/03/2009 20:59

I know two. But if you like it go for it!

When we chose for DS1 (Theodore) it wasn't even in the top 100 but it's now within the top 50 I think, and I know several!! But people still comment on it being a lovely name.

As everyone else has said, I know hundreds of Alfies, Oscars, Jacks and Oliver/Ollies. We're in MCM of Tunbridge Wells if that makes any difference!

LyraSilvertongue · 04/03/2009 21:02

None (we're in SW London).

StealthPolarBear · 04/03/2009 21:03

one on MN
None in RL
Love the name

hellymelly · 04/03/2009 21:04

I know one,he is 12,so it was really unusual when he had it but I hear it is more popular now,not terribly though and it is a lovely name.

cheesesarnie · 04/03/2009 21:04

i know one.in cornwall

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 04/03/2009 21:04

Three here.

KristinaM · 04/03/2009 21:05

it was the 88th most popular boys name in Scotland last year. 71 babies

noonki · 04/03/2009 21:05

I know of 4

doesnt do it for me

but I probably ama more conventional (read dull by some) not trendy name kinda girl!

hester · 04/03/2009 21:06

I don't know any. But I REALLY like it.

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shootfromthehip · 04/03/2009 21:10

I don't know any (rural Scotland). I love it too. Know a Jonah though and that's a great name

ScummyMummy · 04/03/2009 21:24

I knew one at uni. Don't know any little Noahs. I always thought the bible Noah was a bit of a prat, though. Bit of a yes-man, I think, and didn't have any sympathy for all the people he left behind to drown in the flood. I bet he would have left all his money to the RSPCA rather than a charity that benefited humans. Not very nice to his grandson Canaan either, just because Canaan's dad Ham saw him drunk and naked in his tent. How this was Canaan's fault I have no idea.

Ham is quite a cool sounding name, actually....

SalLikesCoffee · 04/03/2009 21:26

I know one - just over a year old, at ds's nursery. I think it's a pretty name.

RustyBear · 04/03/2009 21:28

I know four,five including the one on MN; but there aren't any at the junior school I work at - they are all 4 or under.

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