Noel

• Noël

From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōel', IPA^(key): /nəʊˈɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: No‧el
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noel

1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō'(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ(ə)l/

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Noel

1. A male given name from French.
   • 2009, Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 162:

     When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."

2. A female given name from French.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A city in Missouri.

   Synonym: Christmas City

5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Noele
• Noela
• Noeleen
• Noelle
• Noëlle

• Elon, Leno, Leon, León, Nole, elon, enol, leno, lone, neol., nole, one L

The given name is from English Noel.

Noel

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]
2. a surname

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noel.

From French Noël.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoel/, [ˈno̞e̞l]
• Rhymes: -oel
• Syllabification^(key): No‧el

Noel

1. a male given name

• Noel is the 176^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,539 male individuals (and as a middle name to 834 more), and also belongs to 20 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Turkish Noel, from French Noël.

Noel (Latin spelling)

1. Christmas

Noel

1. Alternative form of Nowel

• Naël

From Latin natālis (“of or relating to birth”).

Noel oblique singular, m (oblique plural Noeaus or Noeax or Noiaus or Noiax or Noels, nominative singular Noeaus or Noeax or Noiaus or Noiax or Noels, nominative plural Noel)

1. Christmas

• → Middle English: Nowel, Noel
  • English: Noel, Noël, noel, noël, nowel, nowell
• Middle French: Noël
  • French: Noël, noël
    • Swedish: Noel
    • Turkish: Noel

• IPA^(key): /noˈel/ [noˈel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: No‧el

Noel m or f by sense

1. a surname
2. Noel

From English Noel and French Noël. In general use among Swedish-speakers since about 2000.

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Noel c (genitive Noels)

1. a male given name

• Statistiska centralbyrån : 3552 males with the given name Noel living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the highest frequency so far in 2010 . Accessed on 17 September 2011.

• Leon

Borrowed from French Noël.

• IPA^(key): /noˈæ̯l/

Noel

1. Christmas (Christian holiday)

Borrowed from French Noël.

Noel

1. Alternative spelling of Nô-el