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I love Noa or Noah for a girl, unless you are Jewish it does have a little bit of a hipster or trendy vibe, but I don't think that is a bad thing. Truthfully I've warmed to using some "boys" names for girls like Dylan for example, so Noah isn't bad on a girl to me, especially since it is a unisex name. Noa / Noah makes me think of NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, which is a good association imo, I love NOAA educational programs on PBS and NOAA does good work. Noa does look a little incomplete to me, Noah looks complete so I slightly prefer the spelling Noah but I also like Noa and I find both to be useable.

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This message was edited 3/19/2013, 3:27 AM

I love Noa, if I lived in a country where it's usable I'd name a daughter Noa Josephine.
In Croatia the male name is spelled Noa, so it wouldn't work here.

It is nice enough but Noah is SO common for boys that I think a girl called Noa might just sound odd, even though it's a perfectly legitimate name.

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How about Nora?

Oh, no! Noah is too soft for boys?! I knew I should have gone with my #2 choice: Gunner Erecto.

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:)

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Anyway, I have a Noah, a boy, so that's obviously my preference, but I honestly don't care much one way or another about Noa(h) on a girl. I do like the Noah spelling much more than Noa. Noa looks incomplete and reminds me of the Loa--spirit intermediaries in Voodoo.

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IMO, the biggest drawback for Noa-on-a-girl in the US is the popularity of Noah for boys. When I try to imagine having a name that's a homophone for a name in the boys' top 5, "It's popular for girls in Israel/Belgium/Spain/wherever!" doesn't seem like much of a consolation.

I'm so bored of Noa popping up on this board. There's nothing horrible about it, but nothing interesting. It's a big marshmallow fluff. It's been discussed so much that there's nothing new or interesting on Noa-on-a-girl either. It's just meh.

Like Noah, it starts with a strongly negative NO! I would never consider either of them.

It's very popular at the moment as well in the Netherlands. I think it's a lovely name and I also never really warmed up to Noah as a boys name. If it was less popular I might even consider using it.

I like it, but I don't. It's soft and creamy, but I just can't shake that masculine feel.

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My combos are off at the moment, but these are what came to mind:

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Noa Josephine
Noa Lily
Noa Pearl
Noa Macy
Noa Helena
Noa Mathilde
Noa Claire
Noa Lindsay
Noa Charlotte
Noa Soraya
Noa Lisette
Noa Molly
Noa Kinneret
Noa Faye

Noah was my favorite for a girl a really long time ago. I got lots of negative reactions to it, also on this board if I remember correctly, even though it's a legitimate girls name as well.

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It doesn't sound masculine to me either. Noah is a legit girls name, it's even used in the Bible. I did some research on the name when it was a favorite. NO-ah is actually not use in Israel on boys at all, it's strictly a girls name. The guy with the ark was named Noach in the Hebrew version of the Bible. Noa is legit as well.

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I prefer Noah for a girl. It just looks more complete to me. I wouldn't use either of them because I find the name too common in general but I'd like to see it on a girl.

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Yes, Noah/Noa was the #1 girls name in Israel for a long time, I think it might still be #1.

I really like Noah for a boy. I agree it is soft sounding but I like soft sounding boy names.
Noa for a girl is interesting. I don't love it but I kind of like it. I feel it has a hipster type vibe to it.

I don't like it for a girl at all. I know it was originally feminine, but I don't care. Noah on a boy never seemed too soft to me- in fact, I think it's quite handsome- so I say 'nay' for a girl. Besides, the absence of an 'H' on the end really bugs me.