Message: "Noam for a girl" - Behind the Name

Noam for a girl

by m4yb3_daijirou

4/9/2015, 10:32 AM

I was thinking about this recently and thought that it's a good name to have for a baby. I also thought that it looks better for a girl than a boy.

I am curious as to what you think about Noam for a girl, which middle name suggestions I've made you like and what middle names would go well with Noam.

Mine are:
Noam Jane
Noam Ellen
Noam Raine
Noam Alena
Noam Christine
Noam Xaviera
Noam Ida
Noam Lovis
Noam Fenley
Noam Elnaz
Noam Martina
Noam Serendipity

My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249

#Noam

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- Caprice

4/10/2015, 11:52 AM

I've never met a Noam here in Sweden, so my only association is Noam Chomsky. A good enough association, but not very feminine. So no, I don't think it fits on a girl. Noamie sounds better.

- Flora (booksandtea)

4/10/2015, 9:19 AM

I do not like it on a girl, although it is apparently unisex.

I do LOVE the name Noam though, but I really love it for a boy. I've met three Noams, all male.

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- CruelPumps

4/10/2015, 2:05 AM

I love Noam on a boy, but no way I'd use it for a girl. It's strictly male to me.

- mirfak

4/9/2015, 7:32 PM

Even if I say it with two syllables, it reminds me acutely of the word "gnome." In combination it sounds a bit like "No, I'm [middle name]." So it just seems really foreign-languagey to me. I don't find it appealing, either. Names beginning with NOH- almost always disagree with me.

I wouldn't even notice if it were used on a girl instead of a boy. Whatever. It doesn't seem gendered to me.

- aimeloo

4/9/2015, 7:19 PM

I think Noam works well for both boys ad girls. I know quite a few Noams but more girls than boys. I think for a girl, Noam has to balanced out with a cuter or girlier middle

Noam Daisy
Noam Isabelle
Noam Lyra
Noam Adeline
Noam Cara
Noam Lilly
Noam Juliette
Noam Violetta

- RoxStar

4/9/2015, 6:37 PM

I sure as hell wouldn't want to be named Noam, and I wouldn't want to name a girl Noam. I wouldn't want to name a boy it either. It sounds like the old southern "No'm" and "yes'm."

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +2

4/9/2015, 11:06 AM

To me, Noam is so obscure, that I don't find it too strongly associated with either gender. So I think it could work on a girl.

Of your list I l don't mind:
Noam Alena
Noam Xaviera
Noam Ellen

Some other ideas:
Noam Alessandra (I think if I was a girl named Noam I would like a pretty decidedly feminine middle name)
Noam Amelia
Noam Elissa
Noam Eloise
Noam Christiane
Noam Juliet
Noam Vivian
Noam Aaliyah

- Flora (booksandtea) +1

4/10/2015, 9:21 AM

I don't think it is that obscure. Most people I know automatically think of Noam Chomsky.

Is it little used, yes? But so is Hermione, and Hermione Granger is a pretty popular fictional figure, too.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

4/10/2015, 11:23 AM

Yes, I too think of Noam Chomsky. And then that's it. I've never met or heard of another Noam.

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