Noel

See also: noel, NOEL, Nóel, noël, Noël, and Nô-el

English

Alternative forms

• Noël

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōel', IPA^(key): /nəʊˈɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: No‧el

Proper noun

Noel

1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

Translations

(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas

• Indonesian: Natal (id)
• Russian: Рождество́ (ru) n (Roždestvó)

• Turkish: Noel (tr)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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 patronymic surname​.
4. A city in Missouri.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Related terms

• Noele
• Noela
• Noeleen
• Noelle
• Noëlle

Translations

male given name

• French: Noël (fr)
• Irish: Nollaig (ga)

• Persian: نوئل‎ (fa) (no'el)
• Swedish: Noel (sv)

Anagrams

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

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Cebuano

Etymology

The given name is from English Noel.

Proper noun

Noel

1. a male given name from Latin
2. a surname

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noel.

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Middle English

Proper noun

Noel

1. Alternative form of Nowel

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Old French

Alternative forms

• Naël

Etymology

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

Noun

Noel 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

Descendants

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Noel

1. A surname​.
2. Noel

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Noel c (genitive Noels)

1. A male given name.

References

• [1] 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

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Noël.

Proper noun

Noel

1. Christmas (Christian holiday)