Noell

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Noll in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 21 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Noell is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname2.1K records spelled Noell6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Nöell, Noéll, Noëll

• French surname2.1K records spelled Noell4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Netherlands

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Noëll, Noe͏̈ll

• Swedish surname647 records spelled Noell6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Canada

  Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Noëll

• Arabic surname121 records spelled Noell2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Palestine

  Also written Noëll

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Noell is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• habitational name from any of several places in Rhineland and Westphalia named Noll.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 61 years between 1945–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Martin Noellb. 1614English knight and merchant
• John William Noellb. 1816USAmerican politician (1816-1863)
• Georg Noellb. 1836DEGerman entrepreneur
• Thomas E. Noellb. 1839USAmerican politician (1839-1867)
• Konrad Noellb. 1904DEPrussian District Administrator in the districts of Simmern and Kreuznach and from 1961 German Government Director
• Charles Noellb. 1953USAmerican businessman and racehorse owner (born 1953)
• Sak Noelb. 1983ESnot in their usual nameSpanish DJ and record producer
• Brittney NoellLogic's wife
• Wilfried Noell; diversa grafia: Noell, Wilfried; No information available

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 142 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Noell?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Noell (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Noell have the most bearers?

Noell is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled noll.

How common is Noell compared with other names?

In Germany, Noell is the 484th most common surname of 734,811 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Noell mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname from Novell ‘young’, ‘new’ (Latin novellas ‘new’).