Noel

== English == === Alternative forms === Noël noël noel === Etymology 1 === From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal and Natal. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōel', IPA(key): /nəʊˈɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Hyphenation: No‧el ==== Proper noun ==== Noel (literary or dated) Christmas. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide. (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill. (community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō'(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ(ə)l/ Rhymes: -əʊl ==== Proper noun ==== Noel A male given name from French. A female given name from French. A surname originating as a patronymic. A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. Synonym: Christmas City A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ===== Derived terms ===== Noel Park ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === lone, Leno, leno, neol., Léon, one L, Nole, Leon, nole, Elno, elon, enol, Elon, León == Cebuano == === Etymology === The given name is from English Noel. === Proper noun === Noel a male given name from English [in turn from Latin] a surname ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noel. == Finnish == === Etymology === From French Noël. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnoel/, [ˈno̞e̞l] Rhymes: -oel Syllabification(key): No‧el Hyphenation(key): No‧el === Proper noun === Noel a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Noel is the 155th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,089 male individuals (and as a middle name to 961 more), and also belongs to 25 female individuals (and as a middle name to 24 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == Ladino == === Etymology === From Turkish Noel, from French Noël. === Proper noun === Noel Christmas == Middle English == === Proper noun === Noel alternative form of Nowel == Old French == === Alternative forms === Naël, Nohel, Noiel, Nouel, Nowel === Etymology === From Latin natālis (“of or relating to birth”). === Noun === 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) Christmas ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: Nowel, Noel English: Noel, Noël, noel, noël, nowel, nowell Middle French: Noël French: Noël, noël Swedish: Noel Turkish: Noel == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈel/ [noˈel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: No‧el === Proper noun === Noel m or f by sense a surname Noel == Swedish == === Etymology === From English Noel and French Noël. In general use among Swedish-speakers since about 2000. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Noel c (genitive Noels) a male given name === References === [2] 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. === Anagrams === Leon == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Noël. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈæ̯l/ === Proper noun === Noel Christmas (Christian holiday) == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Noël. === Proper noun === Noel alternative spelling of Nô-el