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Girl name origins & meanings
- Latin : Birthday; child born at Christmas
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- Hebrew : Comfort; wanderer
- French : Christmas
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Family name origins & meanings
- English and French : nickname for someone who had some special connection with the Christmas season, such as owing the particular feudal duty of providing a yule-log to the lord of the manor, or having given a memorable performance as the Lord of Misrule. The name is from Middle English, Old French no(u)el ‘Christmas’ (Latin natalis (dies) ‘birthday’). It was also used as a given name for someone born during the Christmas period.