Given name & surname
Noell
“born at Christmastime”
Noell is a variant of Noel. One French interpretation is “born at Christmastime.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Noell is a variant of Noel. One French interpretation is “born at Christmastime.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Noell is a variant of Noel. An origin associated with Noel is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 722
- 88 boys · 634 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 769 as a first name in 2020; 1,503 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Noell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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