In Genesis, what was Noah’s wife called by name?
Answer
She is not named
In Genesis, Noah’s wife is not called by a personal name.
The flood narrative refers to “Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives,” but it does not identify Noah’s wife by name. This is an example of the biblical text’s limited characterization of several family members. Her presence aboard the Ark is stated, while her genealogy and personal identity are left unspecified.
Later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions supplied different names or identifications. Naamah is sometimes connected with Noah’s wife in later Jewish interpretation, but Genesis itself does not make that identification. Such traditions should not be presented as the name given in the Genesis flood account.
The same caution applies to the wives of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: Genesis says they were present, but does not provide their personal names. The answer is therefore a textual absence, not a hidden canonical name.