Noa is both a male and female first name as well as a surname. In

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, the name Noa ( he, נֹועָה) is a popular name for girls. In the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...

, Noa was one of the Five

Daughters of Zelophehad The Daughters of Zelophehad ( he, בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד ''Bənōṯ Ṣəlāfəḥāḏ'') were five sisters – Mahlah (מַחְלָה ''Maḥlā''), Noa (נֹעָה ''Nōʿā''), Hoglah (חָגְלָה ''Ḥoglā''), Milcah (מִל� ...

. In some languages, Noa is another form of Noah

People

; First name * Noa (Achinoam Nini) (born 1969), Israeli singer * Noa Denmon (born 1995 or 1996), American illustrator *

Noa James Noa James (Born Jamie Wilson) is a West Coast rapper based in the Inland Empire region of California. Early life Noa experienced more struggles than most people experience in their entire lives at a very young age ranging from his mother's i ...

(born 1984), American rapper * Noa Kirel (born 2001), Israeli singer and actress *

Noa Lang Noa Noëll Lang (born 17 June 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Netherlands national team. Club career Ajax On 1 December 2019, Lang became the first Ajax player to s ...

(born 1999), Dutch football player * Noa Lindberg, American actress *

Noa Nadruku Noa Nadruku (born 19 September 1967) is a Fijian former rugby footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After representing Fiji in rugby union, he switched to play rugby league in Australia for the Canberra Raiders (92 games between 1993 and ...

(born 1967), ethnic Fijian rugby player * Noa Nakaitaci (born 1990), Fiji-born French rugby player * Noa Nayacakalou, Fijian rugby player * Noa Palatchy (born 1994), Israeli rhythmic gymnast * Noa Raviv (born 1987), Israeli fashion designer *

Noa Tishby Noa Tohar Tishby ( he, נועה טוהר תשבי; born May 1977) is an Israeli actress, writer, producer, and activist. As an actress, she appeared in a variety of American television shows and movies, including ''The Affair (TV series), The A ...

(born 1977), Israeli actress * Noa Kazado Yakar (born 2003), Israeli acrobatic gymnast * Noa (Japanese singer), Japanese singer *

Noa (Japanese singer, born 2000) Noa (born March 13, 2000) is a Japanese singer associated with Amuse. He debuted as a singer in 2020 with the song "Lights Up". As an actor, he starred in the television drama ''Kimi no Hana ni Naru'' (2022), of which he was also part of the show ...

, Japanese singer ; Surname * , Japanese science fiction writer * Ivana Noa (born 2003), Belgian actress *

Josef Noa Joseph Noa (21 October 1856, Nagybecskerek – 1 June 1903, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. He was a judge by profession. Although an amateur he played in a number of tournaments throughout the 1880s and 1890s and defeated some of the fam ...

(1856–1903), Hungarian chess master *

Juan Noa Juan Noa was the pen-name of John Henry Cleator, a Manx dialect poet and playwright active from the 1920s to the 1960s in the Isle of Man. Life Cleator ran the family drapery business, located at 24 Parliament Street, Ramsey. He was married, t ...

(died 1963), Manx dialect poet and playwright * Kaulana Noa (born 1976), American football offensive guard *

Loveman Noa David Bernard Loveman Noa (5 October 1878 – 26 October 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was killed while on duty in the United States' newly acquired overseas territory of the Philippines. He is the namesake for two United St ...

(1878–1901), US Naval officer killed during the Philippines Insurrection *

Manfred Noa Manfred Noa (22 March 1893 – 5 December 1930) was a German film director. Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her "favourite director". Noa's 1924 film ''Helena (1924 film), Helena'' has been called his "masterpiece" alt ...

(1893–1930), German film director * Tavevele Noa (born 1992), Tuvaluan sprinter * Thomas Lawrence Noa (1892–1977), American clergyman *

Yamilka Noa Yamilka Noa (born 31 July 1980) is a Cuban-Costa Rican poet and filmmaker, awarded five times by ":fr:Premio Internazionale di Poesia Nosside, Nosside World Poetry Prize" (Italy). Her works have been translated into three languages. Her poems h ...

(born 1980), Cuban–Costa Rican poet and filmmaker

Fictional characters

* Noa Kean, a character from

Code Black (TV series) ''Code Black'' is an American medical drama television series created by Michael Seitzman that premiered on CBS on September 30, 2015. It takes place in an overcrowded and understaffed emergency room in Los Angeles, California, and is based o ...

* Noa, a character from Fresh * , a character from '' Kiba'' *

Noa (dog) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiya Sakuragi. It started in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' on September 22, 2004, and was later transferred to ''Monthly Young Jump'' on August 18, 2009, w ...

, a dog from ''Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs'' * Noa Briqualon, a character from ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' * , characters from the ''

Gundam is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile ...

'' series *Noa Hollander, a character from the Israeli TV series ''

Beauty and the Baker ''The Beauty and the Baker'' () is an Israeli romantic-comedy TV series that follows the love story between a simple baker and an international supermodel. It ranks as one of the highest-rated scripted series ever in Israel.

'' **Noa Hamilton, a character from the American adaptation '' The Baker and the Beauty'' * , a character from ''Patlabor'' * , a character from ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' * , a character from ''

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series was published by Kodansha in their ''Weekly Shonen Magazine'' from February 22, 2012 to February 22, 2017. The series has been licensed in Chinese by the Ta ...

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