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In Hebrew, Noa is a traditionally feminine name and means motion, and Noach is a different name and a traditionally masculine name, as in the dude with the ark. They are spelled and pronounced differently in Hebrew. Either one could be Anglicized as Noah (though typically the masculine name is Anglicized as Noah and the feminine name as Noa, and they are usually pronounced the same by English speakers).
Yes, it's absolutely worth considering how English speakers will perceive/pronounce a name if your child will grow up in an English-speaking country. However, those who are commenting that this name is misspelled or that this is a masculine name are incorrect and might want to do a little research.
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Yes, it's absolutely worth considering how English speakers will perceive/pronounce a name if your child will grow up in an English-speaking country. However, those who are commenting that this name is misspelled or that this is a masculine name are incorrect and might want to do a little research.
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Noa IS NOT from Noah.
People who don't know the origin, please don't write nonsense and just search up!
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People who don't know the origin, please don't write nonsense and just search up!
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The name Noa also has an Arabic origin with the meaning of "intent" or "desire".
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Please correct your information in this page. Yes Noa is Biblical, but not a form if Noa. It is a name in itself with a different meaning. It's very common in Israel too.
[this name's definition links to NOAH(2), a distinct entry from NOAH(1) -ed]
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[this name's definition links to NOAH(2), a distinct entry from NOAH(1) -ed]
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Noa (נועה) is actually a female Hebrew name meaning movement. It is not related to the name Noah/Noach, which spelled in Hebrew is נח.
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If anyone would bother to read carefully, they would see that this is listed as the Hebrew form of Noah(2), which is a feminine name UNRELATED to the male Noah(1). Apparently Noah(1) is pronounced something like no-ahkh in Hebrew and Noah(2) is pronounced no-ah, so the gender confusion doesn't occur in the names' original language. But still, reading comprehension 101, people.
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The feminine form of the name Noa isn't derived from the name Noah. It was the name of the first entitled female heir in the Old Testament.
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Noa is a Hebrew feminine name, but is NOT a version of Noah the boy's name. The Hebrew letters are different. Noa means "quaking", "trembling" or "movement". Noah means "comfort".
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It's first mentioned in the bible on the moment that the land was divided between the sons. The father of Noa Zippora had no sons so they asked Mozes to give her fathers what should be his, otherwise his name would be vanished. Mozes agreed. The meaning is not certain but maybe it means see how moves a lot (I don't know the exact word in English for it).
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The name Noa is not a form of the name Noah! Noa is a name for females, in the Old Testament Noa was the sister of Merav.
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In the Bible Noa was not the sister of Merav, Michal was. Noa's sisters were Hoglah, Mahlah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They were the daughters of Zelophehad, who is mentioned in the books of Numbers and Joshua.
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In the 1890s, the French artist Paul Gauguin published a travel diary titled "Noa Noa", meaning Fragrance/Fragrant Scent in Tahitian. It narrates his quest for the lost paradise, and also comprises woodblock prints and sketches: "Silence? I am learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night... The rays of the moon play through the bamboo reeds..."