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Koah

Koah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“strength”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
KOH-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (90% of all uses)

Usually a modern spelling variant of Hebrew Koach or Koch, from a word meaning 'strength' or 'power.' As a given name in this exact form, it is relatively recent.

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How popular is Koah?

202472.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Koah in 2024238

2024 rank#1,082 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,127

Koah is rising: use over the last five years is 9.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Koah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Koah questions

What does the name Koah mean?

Koah means "strength". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a modern spelling variant of Hebrew Koach or Koch, from a word meaning 'strength' or 'power.' As a given name in this exact form, it is relatively recent.

Is Koah a boy or girl name?

Koah is mainly a boy's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Koah?

238 US babies were named Koah in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Koah?

Koah is usually pronounced KOH-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.