Noll

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Noell in SG Singapore.

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 17 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◐

Noll is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname11K records spelled Noll7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Nöll, Ñoll

• French surname4.0K records spelled Noll3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Nöll

• a separate surname2.7K records spelled Noll2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

  Also written Nöll

• Czech surname1.2K records spelled Noll4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

  Also written Nöll

• Hindi surname523 records spelled Noll4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Nöll

• Greek surname219 records spelled Noll2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States

  Also written Nöll

• Russian surname139 records spelled Noll8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Canada

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Нолль, Нолл, Nöll

37 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●

Noll is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from a short form of any of various medieval personal names derived from Germanic personal names ending in -n + wald ‘rule’, for example Arnold and Reinwald.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, nickname for a rotund or naive person, from Middle High German nol ‘hillock’, ‘knoll’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, of uncertain origin; perhaps an occupational name from Yiddish nol ‘awl’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Pet form of Oliver, frequent in the Middle Ages and occasionally revived in modern times. The initial consonant seems to derive from the misdivision of a vocative phrase; compare Ned and Nan.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, The head, especially the top of the head.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Walter Nollb. 1925DEAmerican mathematician (1925–2017)
• Dieter Nollb. 1927DEEast German Writer (1927-2008)
• Chuck Nollb. 1932USAmerican football player and coach (1932-2014)
• Ingrid Nollb. 1935DEGerman crime writer
• Mark Nollb. 1946USAmerican historian (born 1946)
• João Gilberto Nollb. 1946BRBrazilian writer (1946-2017)
• Michaela Nollb. 1959DEGerman politician and lawyer. Major member of the Bundestag
• Christiane Nollb. 1968USAmerican actress
• Shannon Nollb. 1975AUAustralian singer
• Philipp Nollcomposer

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 · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Noll?

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

In which country does Noll have the most bearers?

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

How common is Noll compared with other names?

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

What does the name Noll mean?

Recorded meaning: from Nohl; also from mhd.