Noel Forename
980th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 932,160 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Ireland
Noel Forename Definition:
(m., f.) Old French nouel, noel from Latin natalis (dies) (see Natalia), used as a christian name for children of either sex born on Christmas Day. It was fairly common in the Middle Ages from about 1200, and gave rise to the surnames Noel, Nowell.
Read More About This ForenameNoel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 279,053 | 1:380 | 33 |
| United States | 79% | 73,631 | 1:4,924 | 709 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 42,051 | 1:1,756 | 309 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 39,990 | 1:1,320 | 282 |
| Malawi | 99% | 30,734 | 1:557 | 123 |
| Ireland | 100% | 28,633 | 1:162 | 25 |
| Brazil | 100% | 23,447 | 1:9,137 | 1,070 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22,738 | 1:5,460 | 606 |
| Cuba | - | 22,404 | 1:514 | 132 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 17,887 | 1:636 | 140 |
| France | 100% | 17,709 | 1:3,753 | 384 |
| England | 100% | 16,978 | 1:3,275 | 447 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13,661 | 1:441 | 63 |
| Australia | - | 13,480 | 1:1,013 | 212 |
| Central African Republic | - | 12,970 | 1:348 | 133 |
| Kenya | 64% | 12,588 | 1:3,679 | 621 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 12,228 | 1:2,470 | 365 |
| Canada | 86% | 11,881 | 1:2,789 | 526 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,898 | 1:970 | 217 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 9,443 | 1:2,289 | 441 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,371 | 1:2,522 | 595 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| South Africa | 98% | 8,808 | 1:6,191 | 1,167 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,640 | 1:3,153 | 666 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8,619 | 1:5,543 | 618 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,540 | 1:338 | 47 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,354 | 1:1,284 | 203 |
| Burundi | - | 7,965 | 1:1,244 | 403 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 7,663 | 1:2,013 | 371 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 7,654 | 1:2,717 | 467 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,142 | 1:1,609 | 367 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,186 | 1:733 | 175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 6,069 | 1:1,343 | 161 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,977 | 1:29,708 | 2,625 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 5,615 | 1:4,110 | 452 |
| Spain | 99% | 5,540 | 1:8,399 | 679 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,433 | 1:17,957 | 2,384 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,362 | 1:5,746 | 907 |
| Burkina Faso | 96% | 4,490 | 1:4,093 | 540 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,434 | 1:1,989 | 345 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,914 | 1:6,890 | 946 |
| India | 100% | 3,730 | 1:325,705 | 29,578 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3,439 | 1:1,032 | 166 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,427 | 1:7,875 | 823 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,340 | 1:9,518 | 1,112 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,035 | 1:607 | 146 |
| Israel | 95% | 2,866 | 1:2,932 | 561 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,700 | 1:3,863 | 588 |
| Togo | - | 2,637 | 1:2,745 | 455 |
| Uganda | 57% | 2,504 | 1:16,357 | 1,420 |
| Zambia | - | 2,396 | 1:6,617 | 836 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2,383 | 1:66,916 | 5,219 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,202 | 1:2,880 | 375 |
| Mauritius | - | 2,120 | 1:612 | 60 |
| Malta | - | 2,108 | 1:204 | 30 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,977 | 1:6,878 | 1,065 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,802 | 1:2,168 | 435 |
| Mali | 67% | 1,767 | 1:9,608 | 818 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,738 | 1:6,100 | 815 |
| Argentina | 95% | 1,528 | 1:27,993 | 1,088 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,482 | 1:8,002 | 631 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,197 | 1:2,585 | 415 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,090 | 1:27,936 | 2,633 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,042 | 1:1,807 | 421 |
| Guatemala | 97% | 1,005 | 1:16,028 | 1,078 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 851 | 1:1,600 | 310 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 823 | 1:28,882 | 4,973 |
| Portugal | - | 802 | 1:12,981 | 730 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 753 | 1:6,332 | 721 |
| Iraq | 100% | 715 | 1:48,976 | 1,728 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 696 | 1:4,925 | 486 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 692 | 1:24,425 | 2,171 |
| Scotland | 100% | 647 | 1:8,269 | 635 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 643 | 1:904 | 175 |
| Lebanon | 62% | 641 | 1:8,779 | 968 |
| Thailand | 98% | 614 | 1:114,114 | 9,177 |
| Chile | 86% | 592 | 1:29,742 | 1,347 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 543 | 1:475,071 | 36,293 |
| Guyana | 100% | 518 | 1:1,473 | 269 |
| Poland | 93% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Congo | 96% | 491 | 1:10,202 | 1,304 |
| Oman | 100% | 485 | 1:8,471 | 1,059 |
| Germany | 99% | 476 | 1:203,105 | 3,128 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| Senegal | 94% | 446 | 1:32,694 | 1,597 |
| French Polynesia | - | 389 | 1:714 | 155 |
| Barbados | - | 385 | 1:753 | 176 |
| Ecuador | - | 372 | 1:47,653 | 1,729 |
| Singapore | 100% | 358 | 1:17,562 | 3,428 |
| Belize | 100% | 322 | 1:1,100 | 225 |
| Hong Kong | - | 316 | 1:24,534 | 2,188 |
| Bahamas | - | 312 | 1:1,280 | 305 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Albania | 96% | 286 | 1:10,652 | 1,661 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| Slovenia | 96% | 269 | 1:9,140 | 852 |
| Sweden | 96% | 266 | 1:37,060 | 2,154 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 243 | 1:459 | 23 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Guam | - | 227 | 1:708 | 133 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 217 | 1:1,245 | 280 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 216 | 1:899,804 | 16,560 |
| Qatar | 100% | 199 | 1:11,908 | 1,879 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 161 | 1:51,016 | 2,232 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| China | - | 139 | 1:9,827,739 | 59,621 |
| Russia | 59% | 127 | 1:1,135,698 | 9,349 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Botswana | 100% | 116 | 1:18,831 | 2,313 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 115 | 1:62,929 | 2,048 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 114 | 1:872 | 156 |
| Finland | 100% | 111 | 1:49,398 | 1,704 |
| Japan | - | 107 | 1:1,196,131 | 16,117 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Denmark | - | 91 | 1:62,082 | 2,175 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 82 | 1:1,338 | 275 |
| Micronesia | - | 78 | 1:1,365 | 219 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:796 | 156 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 77 | 1:1,204 | 292 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Italy | 75% | 71 | 1:860,029 | 7,798 |
| Cape Verde | - | 67 | 1:7,898 | 903 |
| Czechia | 74% | 58 | 1:183,727 | 1,535 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 57 | 1:125,474 | 8,859 |
| Hungary | 90% | 53 | 1:184,750 | 1,007 |
| Cambodia | 70% | 52 | 1:312,949 | 8,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 73% | 52 | 1:341,285 | 6,004 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 49 | 1:1,120 | 254 |
| Norway | 100% | 47 | 1:109,198 | 3,431 |
| Jersey | - | 46 | 1:2,173 | 384 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:754 | 161 |
| Yemen | - | 44 | 1:597,653 | 2,557 |
| Greece | 100% | 42 | 1:260,346 | 4,693 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 41 | 1:795,696 | 10,869 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 40 | 1:4,445 | 759 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:1,385 | 190 |
| South Korea | - | 37 | 1:149,849 | 6,468 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Bermuda | - | 34 | 1:1,907 | 425 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,042 | 231 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 29 | 1:3,193,900 | 3,365 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Liberia | 77% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Romania | - | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Austria | 100% | 20 | 1:425,710 | 4,293 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Niger | 56% | 17 | 1:1,128,470 | 17,009 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Ukraine | 62% | 16 | 1:2,843,744 | 6,272 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,210 | 201 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Iceland | - | 14 | 1:26,144 | 1,689 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Andorra | - | 12 | 1:6,907 | 529 |
| Belarus | 60% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Palestine | 83% | 10 | 1:455,006 | 3,080 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Georgia | 92% | 9 | 1:415,385 | 8,265 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Jordan | 50% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Turkey | 50% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Noèl (1,400), Noêl (116), Noél (80) & Nôel (2) are calculated separately.
Noel (240,252) may also be a surname.
Noel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) Old French nouel, noel from Latin natalis (dies) (see Natalia), used as a christian name for children of either sex born on Christmas Day. It was fairly common in the Middle Ages from about 1200, and gave rise to the surnames Noel, Nowell. Christmas was also sometimes used as a christian name. Cf. also Tiffany, Pentecost, Easter, Midwinter, Loveday which were all formerly used as christian names. Noel Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Also NOWELL (q. v.). Cf. the C16 Christmas, bestowed on a male child born on Christmas Day or during Christmastide, as, originally, Noel was. Adopted from French Noël, noël being Christmas, it is a derivative of Latin natalis (cf. St. Natalis), ‘natal,’ ‘birth-,’ from nasci, ‘to be born.’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the French name Noel, so named from Noël, Christmas, from being born on the day of that festival. In Latin it is found written Noelius and Natalis.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Old English name, meaning: The Nativity: bestowed upon children born on Christmas.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Noel Forename Popularity
Noel Demographics
Average Noel Salary in
United States
$43,323 USD
Per year
Rank:
206,704 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0189735
Rank: 703 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
99.53%
Sample size: 36,103 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Noel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Noel in the Russian language | ||
| Ноэль | noel | - |
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