Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Noah m. Hebrew נֹחַ 'to rest'.

The name of an Old Testament character. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Noe.

The name came into use among Protestants in the 16th C.

England
Dutch
● 1584 Noe AuFr Troijer
Early Modern English
● 1582 Noah RegBisham p. 4
Middle French
● 1576 Noé WCS p. 12; 1577 Noé ibid. p. 13
Walloon
● 1581/2 Noe RWC p. 3; 1581 Noé ibid. p. 562; 1582 Noe ibid. p. 4; 1582/3 Noe ibid. p. 5; 1583 Noe ibid. p. 6; 1583/4 Noe ibid. p. 8; 1584 Noe ibid. p. 8; 1590 Noe ibid. p. 14; 1590/1 Noe ibid. p. 15; 1591 Noe ibid. p. 17; 1591/2 Noe ibid. p. 20; 1592 Noe ibid. p. 20; 1592/3 Noe ibid. p. 26; 1593 Noe ibid. p. 27; 1593/4 Noe ibid. p. 30; 1594 Noe ibid. p. 32; 1594/5 Noe ibid. p. 35; 1594 Noé ibid. p. 564; 1595 Noe ibid. p. 37; 1596 Noe ibid. p. 43; 1597 Noe ibid. p. 46; 1598 Noe ibid. p. 49; 1598/9 Noe ibid. p. 50; 1599 Noe ibid. p. 51
France
Middle French
● 1565 Noé RegPCC-1 p. 162; 1566 Noé ibid. p. 224
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Noah". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Noah.