Joah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god is gracious; a form of Jonah.
Joah by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Joah. In the US, 50 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 61 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jonah
Like Joah, each of these traces back to Jonah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jonashe provided; a form of Jonah687 in the US (2017)
- Jonigod is gracious; a form of Joan or Jonah111 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jonadove; a form of Jonah25 in the US (2017)
- Yonasdove; a form of Jonah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Younusdove; Arabic form of Jonah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- JonanGod is gracious; a form of Jonah or Jonathan12 in the US (2017)
- Younasdove; form of Yunus or Jonah7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jonoahdove; variant spelling of Jonah5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Joangod is gracious; feminine form of John298 in the US (2017)
- Joshgod is salvation; a form of Joshua45 in England and Wales (2025)
- JoaoGod is gracious; Portuguese form of John25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joabgod is father; yahweh is father29 in the US (2017)
- Jorahthe lord sees or teaches22 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Joah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean grace
Like Joah, each of these has grace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- JohnGod is gracious9,444 in the US (2017)
- JackGod is gracious; from John1,595 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iangod is gracious; a form of john5,012 in the US (2017)
- JaxsonGod is gracious; a form of Jackson4,832 in the US (2017)
- EvanGod is gracious4,795 in the US (2017)
- Milessoldier; merciful3,615 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joah
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