Given name & surname
Noach
“one who provides comfort”
Noach is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noach through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 373
- 373 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,539 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,539 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noach’s family of names
In German usage, Noach has a related form in Noah. In Greek usage, Noach is a transliteration of Νόαχ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Noach
- Noach PryłuckiPolish politician and academic (1882–1941)
- Noach DearAmerican politician (1953-2020)
- Noach FlugIsraeli economist (1925–2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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