Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nojus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Noe, from Ancient Greek Νῶε, from Hebrew נוח.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nojus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nojus’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Nojus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Noah.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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