Noel
Noel is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Noel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Noel · Noël
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 80% male / 20% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Belgium, France
- Also spelled
- Noël
- US births since 1880
- 46,207 male / 13,891 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Noel
To address Noel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Noel," in English, "Guten Tag Noel," in German. About 80% of people named Noel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Noel,
German
Guten Tag Noel,
French
Bonjour Noel,
Spanish
Estimado/a Noel:
Chinese
Noel您好：
Japanese
Noel様
English
Hi Noel,
German
Hi Noel,
French
Salut Noel,
Spanish
Hola Noel,
Chinese
Noel你好：
Japanese
Noelさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name | 77% |
| Belgium | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| France | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| Ireland | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| Malta | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| Great Britain | uncommon | man's name | 75% |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Luxembourg | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
46,207 male · 13,891 female · 60,098 births recorded
Since 1980: 73% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Noel a male or female name?
Noel is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Noel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Noel in an email?
To address Noel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Noel," in English, "Guten Tag Noel," in German. About 80% of people named Noel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Noel a unisex name?
Noel is not a unisex name: 80% of people named Noel are men. Noel leans strongly male overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Noel a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/noel (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_noel,
title = {Is Noel a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/noel},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}