Noel

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Origin and Meaning of Noel

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French

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Spanish

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• A user from Tanzania says the name Noel is of English origin and means "Christmas".
• According to a user from United States, the name Noel is of French origin and means "Christmas".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun No"el

Same as Nowel.

Etymology: F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal

Other Dictionary Sources

1. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
   Synonyms: christmas, christmastide, christmastime, yule, and yuletide

Wiktionary

From Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

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

1. A male given name.
2. A female given name.
3. A patronymic surname​.
4. A city in Missouri.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Noel was also found in the following language(s): Old French, Swedish, and Turkish

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  #136	Unique Boy Names

  #94	Unisex Names

• How Popular is the name Noel? Noel is the 890^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Noel was the 1,103^rd most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Noel have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 60,098 babies born with the first name Noel in the United States. That's more than enough people named Noel to occupy the territory of Greenland (Denmark) with an estimated population of 56,749 (as of January 1, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Noel? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 10 new born babies.
• When was Noel first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Noel is Tuesday, September 19th, 1854.
• What year had the most people named Noel born? The highest recorded use of the first name Noel was in 2014 with a total of 899 babies.
• Random Noel Factoid: According to the 1937 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Noel ranks 105^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Idaho. Imagine that, 10 babies in Idaho have the same name as you in 1937.
• Weird things about the name Noel: Your name in reverse order is Leon. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Lone. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Noel? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 31,768 people with the last name Noel.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Noel? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 11 of them will have Noel as their last name.

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