Noelle

Where Noelle comes from

From French Noëlle, the feminine form of the male given name Noël.
— Wiktionary's entry for Noelle
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,805 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #202
    1,507 babies named Noelle — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, often given to girls born near Christmas.
Namesakes

No widely known Noelle turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.