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Noè

“rest”

Language contexts for this entry: French, Italian, Occitan

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masculineLatin script

/noˈɛ/ · Italian

Origin: Biblical Hebrew
3 language contexts: French Italian Occitan
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Noè

Noè is a masculine given name documented in French, Italian and Occitan. English Wiktionary traces it to Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ via Ancient Greek. It is a form of Nôe, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “rest”.

Biblical Hebrew origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “rest”

From Ancient Greek Νῶε (Nôe), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh, nṓaḥ).

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Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Ancient Greek
Biblical Hebrew

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Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Noah (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Noè is used

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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Statistics + language records

France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2020: 5 boys (rank 4822). Documented as a given name in French.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Noè

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 11; births; Rank #625
Peak year: 2022; 12 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Noè in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	1	1,148	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	1	1,241	observed
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	3	955	observed
2006	9	581	observed
2007	9	587	observed
2008	3	1,074	observed
2009	6	828	observed
2010	5	920	observed
2011	3	1,152	observed
2012	8	743	observed
2013	5	992	observed
2014	7	832	observed
2015	5	1,020	observed
2016	6	935	observed
2017	7	869	observed
2018	6	986	observed
2019	7	898	observed
2020	3	1,391	observed
2021	5	1,169	observed
2022	12	602	observed
2023	7	869	observed
2024	11	609	observed
2025	11	625	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Noè” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Noe— “rest”
Those who were at work on the New Testament, however, left the ancient names, there occurring, as they found them in the Greek, and thus arose the disparity we remark in the title given to the same individual, Noah or Noe, Korah or Core, Uzziah or Ozias.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter I (Hebrew Nomenclature) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q123680952CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Noah (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter I (Hebrew Nomenclature)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Noè

Biblical Hebrew origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “rest”

From Ancient Greek Νῶε (Nôe), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh, nṓaḥ).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Ancient Greek
Biblical Hebrew

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Noah (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Noè is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Noè’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Statistics + language records

France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2020: 5 boys (rank 4822). Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 5 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Noè

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 11; births; Rank #625
Peak year: 2022; 12 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Noè in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	1	1,148	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	1	1,241	observed
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	3	955	observed
2006	9	581	observed
2007	9	587	observed
2008	3	1,074	observed
2009	6	828	observed
2010	5	920	observed
2011	3	1,152	observed
2012	8	743	observed
2013	5	992	observed
2014	7	832	observed
2015	5	1,020	observed
2016	6	935	observed
2017	7	869	observed
2018	6	986	observed
2019	7	898	observed
2020	3	1,391	observed
2021	5	1,169	observed
2022	12	602	observed
2023	7	869	observed
2024	11	609	observed
2025	11	625	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Noe— “rest”
Those who were at work on the New Testament, however, left the ancient names, there occurring, as they found them in the Greek, and thus arose the disparity we remark in the title given to the same individual, Noah or Noe, Korah or Core, Uzziah or Ozias.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter I (Hebrew Nomenclature) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q123680952CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: NoèCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Noah (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter I (Hebrew Nomenclature)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Noè

About Noè

Biblical Hebrew origin

Where Noè is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Noé

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Noè

About Noè

Biblical Hebrew origin

Where Noè is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Noé

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Noè

Biblical Hebrew origin

Where Noè is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Noé

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Noè

Biblical Hebrew origin

Where Noè is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Noé

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page