Noah · English boy’s name

Noah in Hawaiian is Noa

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when a vowel was added at the end.

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NOH·ah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

It also means

“freedom, free from restriction”

What is Noah in Hawaiian?

Noah is Noa in Hawaiian, said NOH-ah.

How Noah became Noa

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Noah a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from.

Noa as a Hawaiian name

Noa is not only a borrowed spelling. It reads as Hawaiian in its own right, meaning “freedom, free from restriction”, and it is given as a boy's name in Hawaiʻi today. Its own page has the full meaning, the word it is built from, and names that go with it.

Noa is also a Hawaiian word: noa means “free, released from kapu”.

How to say Noa

Say it NOH-ah, leaning on NOH, sounding every vowel: o as in “go”, a as in “father”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Noah in Hawaiian?

Noah is Noa in Hawaiian, pronounced NOH-ah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Noa?

NOH-ah, with the stress on NOH.

Why does Noa look so different from Noah?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Noah, a vowel was added at the end.

Is Noa a real Hawaiian name?

Yes. Beyond being the Hawaiian spelling of Noah, Noa reads as Hawaiian on its own and means "freedom, free from restriction". It is in use as a given name in Hawaiʻi today.

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