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Noe

Pronounced NOH-eh

“mist, misty rain”

noe, the Hawaiian wordMore unisex names

Say it

NOH·eh

2 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Noe mean in Hawaiian?

Noe is a Hawaiian unisex name that means mist, misty rain. The name comes from noe (mist). It is pronounced NOH-eh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Noe belongs with other Hawaiian names about rain and water.

The words inside Noe

noe means mist, fine rain and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Noelani, Kanoe, Kanoelani, Lilinoe.

How to pronounce Noe

Say every vowel. The vowels in Noe are o as in “go”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Noe a boy or girl name?

Noe is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.

How often Noe is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 23,217 U.S. babies named Noe since 1914, but that spelling is mostly the Spanish boy's name Noé, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.

How well recorded is Noe?

Noe is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Noe?

NOH-eh, in 2 syllables, with the stress on NOH.

Is Noe a girl's or a boy's name?

Noe is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Noe mean in Hawaiian?

mist, misty rain. It comes from noe (mist).

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

Names like Noe

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    “heavenly water”

    Pronounced wye-LAH-neewai + lani

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    “dew, gentle mist”

    Pronounced KEH-how

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    “the mist, the fog”

    Pronounced kah-OH-hooka + ʻohu

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    “the mist”

    Pronounced kah-NOH-ehka + noe

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    “heavenly rain”

    Pronounced oo-ah-LAH-neeua + lani

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    “misty rain”

    Pronounced kow-ah-NOH-ehka + ua + noe

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    “wave, surf”

    Pronounced NAH-loo

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    “sea”

    Pronounced KYE

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    “ocean, the open sea”

    Pronounced moh-AH-nah

    Unisex