Given name & surname · also Ukrainian
Noha
Noha is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Czech.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Noha comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 550
- 157 boys · 393 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,659 for boys · #9,918 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,659 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 137.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,565 as a first name in 2020; 241 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noha’s family of names
In English usage, Noha as a surname has a related form in Noga.
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.
People named Noha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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