Noel can also mean good news, coming from the french phrase bonnes nouvelles (“good news”) Noel can even mean birthday With this meaning understood, no wonder we sing noel at christmas to celebrate the good news of the birth of jesus! Pour les homonymes, voir noël (homonymie). La fête de noël vient peu de temps après le solstice d' hiver boréal auquel elle est associée. Across the pond, you might hear french people wish each other “joyeux noël,” which means “merry christmas” or “happy christmas.” according to nameberry, the name noel “has been given to both boys and girls on that holiday since the middle ages
For girls, it’s often spelled, noelle.” In english, noël has not been in standard use in the sense of christmas, but it has been attested as a surname and male forename in england since the 12th century It was probably originally used for children born or baptised on christmas day. Signifying the holiday season, noël comes from the latin verb nasci, meaning “to be born.” a variation of this word, nael, made its way into old french. Christmas, xmas, christmas, noel, nowell, noël
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