Noel

Where Noel comes from

* (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide. * (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill. * (community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron.
— Wiktionary's entry for Noel
  • French
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #266
    425 babies named Noel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1967
    Noel Gallagher born
    British singer and guitarist
  4. 1977
    Noel Valladares born
    Honduran footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French.
  • A female given name from French.
  • A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
  • A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Namesakes
  • Noel Gallagher · British singer and guitarist, born 1967
  • Noel Valladares · Honduran footballer, born 1977
  • Noel Redding · English rock and roll guitarist, 1945–2003
  • Noel Fisher · Canadian actor, born 1984
  • Noel Clarke · British actor and filmmaker, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.