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I think I kid named Noel WOULD get no-EL all the time. Very girlie.

I like Noel on a boy, prn. NOLE. Noelle is nice on a girl prn. No-el. I think if you're in Ottawa, then he or she will be called no-el no matter what you do.

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~Erin Lee, wife of Matthew James, mama to Sarah Patrice~

I like Noel, but only for a boy. I like both pronunciations, but if it's no-EL I prefer the spelling Noël.

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For a girl I like Noëlle, preferably with the accent.

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Miranda

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I would only use the "no-ELL" pronunciation if I saw two dots over the 'e.' (If it makes a difference, I'm from the U.S.)

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I love both Noel ("nole") for a boy and Noe"l ("no-EL") for a girl.

My father is called Noel Patrick. He goes by Patrick a fair bit in this country, mainly because his name is mis-pronounced so much! He pronounces it the French way. I HATE it was people say Nole like it rhymes with hole, it just grates right across my nerves. Yuck.

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I actually quite like it as a name, but I do prefer Noelle. I might use Noelle to honour him one day.

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In Ireland he always goes by Noel because there are so many people in my family called Patrick.

I'd pronounce it Nole and i like it alot, its different but not majorily, just underused. A nice name its on my favs

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.:Marie:.

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My Future Children:
Cassius Leo
Scarlett Beatrice Phoebe
Raphael Aeson

I love Noel, but only ith the French pronounciation :-) NOLE seems ignorant for me, partly because I see this as a French name (the first time I heard it was in a French class), and it sounds like mole, pole or hole. NO-ul, again, is very American to me.

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This message was edited 5/21/2006, 4:39 AM

I like NOLE for Noel. No-ul I would spell as Nowell (which would avoid the no-EL thing, too), which I like even better. :) Noel is awesome, though--reminds me of Noel Coward.

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I say it with one syllable - NOLE.

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It's ok, but I much prefer the name Joel.

Noel is nice but it seems like people would pronounce it like Noelle, which seems girly to me even though Noel is used for boys in French speaking countries. You could use Nole, which is a legitimate surname, instead or you could use the name Nolan with Nole as a nickname.

This message was edited 5/20/2006, 9:00 PM

I immediately thought that Noel was a different spelling of Noelle. At a glance I would have pronounced it no-EL. It's not much my style but (not sure if you want to hear this), I still love the girls name, Noelle.

I don't like it at all, but LOVE Noelle on a girl.

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I say NOLE, or NO'l, with the second syllable is extremely faint.