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] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Noel

(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

Translations

(literary or old-fashioned) Christmas

Indonesian: Natal (id)
Irish: Nollaig (ga) f
Russian: Рождество́ (ru) n (Roždestvó)
Turkish: Noel (tr)
Welsh: Nadolig (cy)

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/
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Noel

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."
A female given name from French.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A city in Missouri.
Synonym: Christmas City
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

Cebuano

Etymology

The given name is from English Noel.

Proper noun

Noel

a male given name from Latin
a surname

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noel.

Ladino

Etymology

From Turkish Noel, from French Noël.

Proper noun

Noel (Latin spelling)

Christmas

Middle English

Proper noun

Noel

Alternative form of Nowel

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)

Christmas

Descendants

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Noel

a surname
Noel

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Noel c (genitive Noels)

a male given name

References

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