Knoah

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Knoah by the numbers

Knoah was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Knoah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Knoah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Koah51 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Knoxxround hill; a modern respelling of Knox47 in the US (2017)
  • Kodah65 in the US (2017)
  • Kanoa28 in the US (2017)
  • Knolan8 in the US (2017)
  • Knash5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Knoah

Names that are said the same way as Knoah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Noahrest, comfort, repose4,075 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noamotion, movement205 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noheahandsome, beautiful, fine20 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Knoah

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