The phrase dies natalis refers to Christmas, the day of Jesus's birth; Noel was hence given to children who were born on Christmas day. See also Natale.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1597 Noel AuFr Frambout;
1598 Noel ibid. Frombout
- Early Modern English
- ● 1583/4 Nowell SurMus p. 129
- Middle French
- ● 1575 Noel WCS p. 11;
1597 Noel ibid. p. 91
- Walloon
- ● 1582 Noel RWC p. 5;
1590 Noel ibid. p. 441;
1591 Noel ibid. p. 17;
1593 Noel ibid. p. 28;
1593/4 Noel ibid. p. 30;
1594 Noel ibid. p. 32;
1595 Noel ibid. p. 37;
1595/6 Noel ibid. p. 40;
1596 Noel ibid. p. 43
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1291 Noel (obl) HistHdVParis p. 108;
1292 Noel (obl) ibid. p. 109;
1296 Noël paris1296 p. 60;
1298 Noel (obl) HistHdVParis p. 141;
1313 Noel Paris1313 p. 8,
Nouel ibid. p. 118
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Noel MemBret-II col. 598;
1418 Noel HGParis p. 372,
Noël DdB1418 p. 196;
1421 Noel favier 320;
1438 Noel ibid. 566;
1561 Noël RegPCC-1 p. 2;
1562 Noël ibid. p. 13;
1563 Noieul ibid. p. 535,
Noël ibid. p. 17;
1564 Noël ibid. p. 67;
1565 Nouel ibid. p. 120,
Noël ibid. p. 111;
1566 Noël ibid. p. 208;
1567 Noël ibid. p. 279;
1568 Nouel ibid. p. 372,
Noël ibid. p. 367;
1570 Noël ibid. p. 425;
1571 Noël ibid. p. 443;
1572 Noël ibid. p. 496
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Noel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Noel.