Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rising
NoachIn Hebrew: נח · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: נֹחַRomanization: nóakh
Noach (Hebrew: נח) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 1,939 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 60 boys and ranked #250. Its peak year was 2023, with 63 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,939
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 60
- rank #250
- Peak year
- 2023
- 63 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Noach
In Hebrew letters the name is נח, read right to left. Noach is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "nóakh" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Noah
- Noah (a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Noach by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Noach
How do you write Noach in Hebrew?
Noach is written נח in Hebrew (with vowel points: נֹחַ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "nóakh".
How many people in Israel are named Noach?
1,939 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נח: 0 women and 1,939 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Noach a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named נח are men.
What does the name Noach mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Noah"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.