Noe meaning: the name meaning is from Biblical Noah "rest or repose" in Hebrew. (74)

     (Note: Many of the Noah's of North Carolina are descendents of one John Noe (75))

Pronouncement of Noe' and Noe:  1. with an accent on the e drawing out the e sound as in Joey. 2. with the e being silent as in Joe or toe.

"According to a family story one of the NOE children came from school and told their parents it was suppose to be spelled KNOW. For some period of time they spelled it that way. Then they went back to the NOE spelling."(236)

"...when information was put down, back then, it was spelled as the person taking the information tough it ought to be spelled...I have one Noe ancestor who is found on census records using three different names. Names didn't seem to be as 'binding' as they are today-if they didn't like it, they changed it."  An example is analyzed: "Huma/Marie difference could be a first and a middle name. Or it could be a transcription error. In very fancy script, the H's and M's are similar-a slightly open A could look like a U and an R and I close together could look lime an M." (238)

It seems First and Middle names were often interchanged with the middle name being used as a first name.  It is also speculated that some first names were changed to match the time and locations, to be more macho.