What was Noah’s wife called in the biblical text of Genesis?

Noah’s wife is unnamed in the biblical text of Genesis.

Genesis identifies Noah’s wife as part of the household that enters the Ark, but it does not provide her personal name. The narrative names Noah, his three sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and later refers to the sons’ wives, yet it leaves Noah’s wife anonymous.

Later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions supplied different names or identities. Naamah is one name found in later Jewish tradition, but it is not stated by Genesis as Noah’s wife’s name. Other traditions offer different answers, which is why no single traditional name can replace the biblical text’s silence.

This distinction matters because popular books, films, and retellings often assign her a name for storytelling. The canonical Genesis account itself does not do so.