Noël

Adding on to what many other users have mentioned in the comments below, Noël (with this spelling) is indeed also frequently used as an English given name, and used as a feminine given name in French and English (alongside Noel, Noëlle/Noelle, Noelene/Noeline/Noéline/Noëline, Noèle, Noella, Noelia, Noela, etc.). However, Noël is more common for Francophones and males. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be updated to read "Masculine & Feminine"; and the "Usage" of this name should be updated to read "French, English". Some known Non-French and female bearers of the given name Noël (with this spelling) are Noël (singer), Noël Coward, Noël Godin, Noël Leslie (Countess of Rothes), Noël Martin, and Noël Wells.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_(given_name)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_(singer)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Coward
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Godin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Leslie,_Countess_of_Rothes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Martin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Wells
https://forebears.io/forenames/noël
https://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php?name=Noël

This name is also used in Belgium and the Netherlands (but more so in the former), where it is a unisex name (though much more commonly seen on men than on women). The Dutch pronunciation of the name is noo-EL (or noo-WEL to be a bit more precise, because you can definitely hear a 'w' in the pronunciation). The -oo- sound is because that is how -oe- is pronounced in Dutch; just compare Dutch words like boer, goed, roet, snoet, etc. As a result, Nouël has been encountered as a rare variant spelling of Noël in the Netherlands (where the 'ou' is the same as in Louis, not 'ow' like in Wouter).

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- https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_(voornaam) (in Dutch; features some Belgian and Dutch bearers)
- http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Noel (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
- http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Noel&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=No%C3%ABl&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://be.linkedin.com/pub/dir/No%C3%ABl/+/be-0-Belgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Belgium)
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/No%C3%ABl/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands).

Noël can be a girl or a boy's name. My middle name was named after a girl named Noël, and I truly just can't see it as a boy's name. Maybe if you pronounce it nole, maybe.

While Noel is exclusively masculine in French, it is unisex in English. As a female name, it's probably best known (at the moment) for being Kim Kardashian's middle name.

Noël is pretty much always pronounced no-EL, while Noel can be pronounced as no-EL or NOLE. This name was relatively popular in France in the late 40's and early 50's.

I believe this spelling is used for both male and female children; the pronunciation [nol] is typically used for males and the [no-EL] pronunciation for girls. Without the two dots over the E the name would be pronounced [nol].

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Other variants of spelling (for female usage, typically) include Noelle, Noell, Noele, etc. (The first is most common, I believe.)