Noah Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

In Wikidata, Noah is listed as a German surname. Noah is easy to measure, thanks to official name counts.

• No reliable dictionary entry explains Noah, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.
• Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Noah under several forms.
• 5,332 Americans were listed as Noah in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 10,000 US surnames.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Noah, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. For the full story, order the Noah surname pack.