Noah comes from Hebrew and is traditionally translated as "rest" or "comfort," a meaning tied to a biblical figure associated with survival through upheaval and a return to calm. The name is often read as suggesting peace earned after difficulty rather than peace that was never disturbed.
In the world many evils will happen, when in one month there shall happen an eclipse of both luminaries; chiefly in those places subject to the sign in which they happen. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)