Noel

From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and née.

(names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.

(city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill.

(community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron.