Noel

Also Portuguese:

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https://www.behindthename.com/name/noel/top/brazil
https://pt.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Noel

Also Swedish, pronounced /¹nuː.ɛl/ (NOO-ehl).

Like the description said, this name is also occasionally written with a diaeresis, just like French!

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Therefore, it can also be spelled as Noël.

Also used in Albanian: http://www.instat.gov.al/en/search-the-name/top-10-names-used-in-the-last-year/

Also Croatian:

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https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Noel/
https://www.behindthename.com/name/noel/top/croatia

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Also Finnish and Swedish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Noel_m

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Also Spanish: https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml?L=1

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Also Slovene: https://www.behindthename.com/name/noel/top/slovenia

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Also Hungarian: https://www.behindthename.com/name/noel/top/hungary

Also Finnish masculine name. Name day December 23.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html

Though it can be a masculine name, it’s mostly a feminine name in Spanish, being quite common the combination María Noel.

Also a Galician masculine name: http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?idioma=gl&ruta=onomast/nomes.jsp
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_masculinos_en_galego

Noel can also be used as a feminine name. Noel can be used for both males and females, though Noelle is only used for females.

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Noel doesn’t sound masculine enough to be used only on males because it’s closer to the feminine form Noelle that can’t be used for males at all! Noel used to be exclusively masculine, but now it has the alternative to be feminine.

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I personally like the name Noel for boys and girls, but I prefer it on a boy because it was mostly made to be masculine. Noel for a girl still sounds elegant and unique. It’s not too boyish or strong. I like the Christmas association.

This name charted 1st place in 2014 in Albania and still was 1st place in 2012. (source: http://www.babynames.ch/Info/Name/naNoel).

Also used in Hungary. Pronounced: NO-el.

The name Noel was given to 207 girls born in the US in 2015.

Noel can also be used as a feminine name and was a popular girls name in the early 1900s. A famous woman was author Noel Streatfeild 1895-1986.

Also an unusual masculine name in Slovenia.

Noel can also be used for females.