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Noah

On the rise in Poland: more boys got it last year than in any year before, though it stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one. From the Hebrew for "rest, repose".

Noah Pronunciation

Noah is pronounced NO-ahkh (/ˈnɔax/).

Alive in 2025
1,218
Newborns 2025
66
National rank
#876

What Noah means

Where Noah comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Noah reaches Polish parents through English, but its root is older. The Hebrew Noach gives the short meaning that has followed the name for centuries: rest, repose. In the book of Genesis, Noah builds the ark, and after the flood the waters settle and the dove returns with a leaf. The sense of rest sits close to that story.

For a long time the name lived mostly in the Old Testament and in English-speaking countries. Then, after 2000, it climbed the popularity charts across Europe. In Poland it now turns up on a school register beside Antoni and Jan, a Hebrew name worn comfortably by a Polish child.

Noah keeps no diminutives of its own here. It stays short. Two syllables, an open vowel, and a meaning that points toward calm. In Hebrew that meaning is rest, repose.

How many people are named Noah

1 in 17833 men in Poland is named Noah. 1,218 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #876 among male names.

People with the name Noah 2019 → 2025
1,218 +711 since 2019
2020 561 +54
2021 630 +69
2022 744 +114
2023 871 +127
2024 1,038 +167
2025 1,218 +180

Noah's popularity over time

66 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #305 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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66 newborns with the name Noah in 2025
national rank #305 that year

Where Noah is most popular

Noah is most popular in Lower Silesian, 74% above the national average (33 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+67%) and Masovian (+26%). It is least common in Świętokrzyskie and Opole, 70% and 64% below average respectively.

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Noah as a middle name

Noah is a first name for 1,218 men in Poland and a middle name for another 327, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 388th, between Stephen (328) and Christoph (325).

As a first name
1,218
As a middle name
327
first name 79% middle name 21%
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