text: what was noah's wifes name?   noah's wife is not named in genesis. some traditions identify her as aretitia, from the hebrew ereẓ (earth), on account of her being the mother of every living thing; after her death she was called "vesta" (ie, "eshta", from esh, "fire"), on account of her ascension to heaven. a separate tradition in jubilees gives her name as emzara, while later midrashic writings and the book of jasher give it as naamah.