According to Genesis, what was Noah’s wife called?

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According to Genesis, Noah’s wife is unnamed.

The biblical Flood account refers to Noah’s wife but does not provide her personal name. Genesis 7:7 says Noah entered the Ark with his wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives. The same family group appears in related passages, but no individual name is supplied for Noah’s wife.

Later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions propose names for her, including Naamah in some Jewish traditions. Those names belong to later traditions rather than the Genesis text itself. This is why “she is unnamed” is the precise answer when the question asks what Genesis calls her.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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