It’s a name that just rolls off the tongue - Noble wah-CHOO-Koo - like some of my other all-time favorite names: Coco Crisp, Milton Bradley, Longar Longar, God Shammgod, Danger Fourpence, Wolfgang Wolf, Yinka Dare, Samoa Samoa, Blue Moon Odom, Picabo Street, World B. Free, I.M. Hipp, Captain Munnerlyn, Majestic Mapp, Scientific Mapp, Bake McBride and Tim Biakabutuka, to name a few.
Noble, according to a text message he recently sent back to director of football communications Mike Montoro, indicated that he wasn’t sure if there was a backstory to his name, other than that it was his parents’ choosing.