Noel
Noel means Christmas, birth of Christ, Kerala Christian name.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | N |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Christmas, birth of Christ, Kerala Christian name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Natasha — Born on Christmas, born of God
- Christudas — Servant of Christ, Kerala Christian name
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Shreeja — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi, auspicious birth; Born of prosperity, Goddess Lakshmi
- Sujatha — Meanings families give: Of noble birth, well-born; Noble birth, well-born; Well-born, of good caste, beautiful
- Janmejit — Victorious by birth, born to triumph
More boys' names of Malayalam origin
- Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
- Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
- Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
- Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
Where this comes from
Noel has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.