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Noel
Pronounced /nəʊˈɛl/
Rank in 2024
#1,488
Born in 2024
146
Peak year
1987 · #587
Origin
French
Also recorded for boys:728 in 2024 (#433)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 146 girls were named Noel, about 1 in every 11,049.
- It peaked in 1987 with 336 babies, ranked #587.
- It first shows up in the records in 1909.
- 15,120 girls have been named Noel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Noel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 230 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 1,017 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,723 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,889 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,987 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,050 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,224 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and née. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōel', IPA(key): /nəʊˈɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Hyphenation: No‧el ==== Proper noun ==== Noel (literary or dated) Christmas. ===== Translations =====
- A male given name from French.
- A female given name from French.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /nəʊˈɛl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Noel, CC BY-SA 4.0.