Noah in Korean 노아
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Noah as 노아: two syllables, said no-a. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Noah letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
- ㅇ at the top of 아 is silent, so 아 is just the vowel: a.
- Two even beats, no-a: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables, so 노아 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 노아 or 노아 씨.
노아 is also how Korean Bibles write Noah, as in 노아의 방주 (Noah's ark).
Why it's spelled 노아
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 노아, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The final h is silent and is dropped.
Type Noah on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 노아 is the jamo ㄴㅗ ㅇㅏ, typed with the keys sh dk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Noah in Korean?
Noah is written 노아 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: noa). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 노 + 아.
How do you pronounce Noah in Korean?
Say it no-a, with even weight on every syllable. ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.