Noel
[noʊˈɛl]Meaning
English form of Noël or Noëlle, from Latin nātālis, the birthday of the Lord
Background Story
Noel is the English form of Noël or Noëlle, though the English form is rarely used for the feminine name. It comes from Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel, meaning Christmas, which goes back to Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī], the birthday of the Lord. It was fairly popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 20th century, and is occasionally written with a diaeresis as in French. The name is also used in Catalan, Dutch, French, Galician and Spanish.
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