It is a male name of Hebrew and Biblical origin, meaning the one who knows, wise, who has wisdom. Name of a biblical character, commissioned by God to make an ark, to save the human race and animal species from the Universal Flood.
Noah is a very famous biblical character because according to the account in Genesis 6: 9-22; 7:1-9, he built an ark to save himself, his family, and a couple from every animal from the universal flood.