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There are approximately 3,513 people named Noel in the UK. That makes it the 2,863rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 56 are named Noel.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From given name or forename

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The Noel surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Fr.) Christmas; a name given probably to a child born at that time.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

NOEL. Fr. Christmas. Originally a baptismal name, from the person's having been born on the day of that festival. William, the ancestor of all the English Noels, was living in tlie reign of Henry I., and was at that period lord of Ellenhall, co. Stafford. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men of England. Collins says that ' Noel,' and his wife Celestria, came into England at the Conquest, and that their son Robert was called Fitz-Noel, and hence the name and famil3

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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