Definition of "Noel"

Noel¹

/nəʊˈɛl/

proper noun
1. (literary or old-fashioned) Christmas.

Noel²

/ˈnəʊ(ə)l/

proper noun
1. A male given name from French.
  Quotations
  When Noel came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me Noelle," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me Noel, Noel, the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."
  2009, Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Faber and Faber, page 162
2. A female given name from French.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A city in Missouri.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.