Noel

Many comments on the pronunciation of Noel on here.
Many probably are assuming it is pronounced like the word "Noel" in the Christmas hymn. But think of the name Joel. Also if we have someone with that name posting, we can take his word for it. Only the feminine version, Noelle, should be pronounced with a heavy emphasis on the second syllable, as in "No-ELLE"

I've always pronounced Noel as "NO-ELLE". If you're going to pronounce it as "NOLL", just name your kid Knoll instead and save time.

Noel should be pronounced as No-elle all the time since "Zoe" is pronounced as "Zo-ey" even without the accent dots over "e".

So do you pronounce the word Doe as Doh-ee? Names can be pronounced multiple ways, there isn’t just one!

My name is Noel; I'm male and it's pronounced 'no el'.

I guess it depends on where you live. I have never heard of a NOL in my life. I have known lots of Noel's and they are NO-EL. The latter sounding wayyy better in my opinion.

I am English and we (as said above) have Noel Edmunds, Noel Gallagher, Noel Clarke and, my favourite and namesake of a possible future son, Noel Fielding; all pronounced no-uhl by everyone I know in my area, Nole by my cockney friends!

Why does everyone pronounce this as no-EL? It's Noel-ryhmes-with-Joel. You don't say jo-EL, so why say no-EL? I guess this name is relatively unknown where I live, or just in America in general. Or I guess Americans never got around to listening to Wonderwall.

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If I ever have a son, I will name him Noel. It is unique but at the same time not strange. It has a strong sound to it while at the same time sounds honest and kind. What I love about this name is that it is simple yet meaningful.

I live in the NW US. I usually hear this name pronounced NOL. Occasionally I've heard NO-wul. I've always heard Christmas cards with Noel on them pronounced as no-EL, but I've never heard this pronunciation for a *person* named Noel.

I've always pronounced it no-ELL. The only person I know with this name is female, though, so it might be pronounced differently for boys.

I don't know about it being *normally* pronounced in the USA as "NOL". I've lived in the US all my life and only heard it as "no-EL" until recently when I saw something about Tropical Storm Noel on the news and noticed they were pronouncing it the other way.

I'm pretty sure that you can pronounce it "No-elle". I know someone named this and that's how she pronounces it.

Actually in the USA this name is normally pronounced as one syllable, rhyming with "hole" or "mole".

Actually pronounced NOLL, like Knoll.

English speakers normally pronounce this 'NOH-ull'. It can also be a female name, as in Noel Streatfield, who wrote the 'Gemma' books of the 60s/70s.