Middle name for Noel?

Pronounced NO-elle. And, I’m not changing the spelling, sorry.

My other daughter’s middle names are [name]Helen[/name] and [name]Jessamine[/name].

Names I have considered so far but that don’t seem to go well with [name]Noel[/name] are:
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Fiora[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]

[name]Just[/name] so you get a feel of my style. Thanks

[name]Noel[/name] [name]Marina[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Florence[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Angeline[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Georgiana[/name] / [name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Rhiannon[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Fabienne[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Serena[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Athena[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Aminta[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]

Dots were made for this kind of situation! If you want [name]Noel[/name] pronounced [name]Noelle[/name] then it’s Noël you need. :slight_smile: Otherwise, I’m sorry but it’s ‘nole’.

I actually really like the sound of Noël [name]Louisa[/name]!

Well, I would say [name]Noel[/name] as ‘nole’ but if you’re set on it, I would use the dots over [name]Noel[/name] as someone suggested…

Middle name suggestions:

[name]Noel[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]

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I don’t understand the need to add umlauts to things. In languages that use umlauts, the E would make that sound with one added to it. I also don’t understand how umlauts over the E in [name]Zoe[/name] make the EE sound but in [name]Noel[/name] it makes and EH sound? The only girl I know the umlauts in her name hates it an doesn’t write it when she writes her name. Maybe someone can explain this to me. Not trying to be rude, I just really don’t understand it.

That being said, when I’ve met girls named [name]Noel[/name], that was the spelling I’ve seen used. When I’ve met boys named [name]Noel[/name], they pronounced it no-el. I’ve actually never met anyone who pronounced it [name]Nole[/name] (even though that’s correct for a boy). I don’t think you’ll have much of an issue. When someone meets your daughter and you say “This is my daughter [name]Noel[/name]” No one is going to say anything because they can’t see the spelling.

Anyway, Here’s some middles:

[name]Noel[/name] [name]Arianna[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Fay[/name]/[name]Faye[/name]/[name]Fae[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Patrice[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]

[name]Noel[/name] [name]Clarice[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Noel[/name] [name]Samantha[/name]

I knew a [name]Noel[/name] [name]Rosemary[/name].

The dots over the “e” in [name_u]Noël[/name_u] is not an umlaut, it’s called a diaeresis. They look the same, but have very different functions. The point of a diaeresis is to signal to the reader that the vowel beneath it is meant to be pronounced as a second syllable, separate from the vowel preceding it.

The most common example of this would probably be the word “naïve”. And of course, there are also names like “Chloë” and “Zoë” (pronounced with TWO syllables as “Chlo-ee” and “Zo-ee”, not “Chlo” and “Zo”).

While usage of the diaeresis isn’t very common anymore in primarily English-speaking countries like [name_u]America[/name_u] and the UK (excluding the popular magazine “The [name_u]New[/name_u] Yorker” which still uses it regularly), it’s still commonly used in languages such as [name_m]Dutch[/name_m], Spanish, Afrikaans, Catalan, Galician, and, most importantly, [name_u]French[/name_u].

I say “most importantly” because [name_u]Noël[/name_u] is literally the [name_u]French[/name_u] word for [name_u]Christmas[/name_u], so of course it follows the rules of [name_u]French[/name_u] and has a diaeresis.

Anyway, enough rambling about the diaeresis … on to the topic of middle names:

[name_f]My[/name_f] suggestion would be to keep the theme, and either go with a Christmas/winter/holiday themed middle name, and/or a [name_u]French[/name_u] middle name.

For [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] themed names, consider:

[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Carol[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Christmas[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Merry[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]

For winter themed names:

[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Gwyneira[/name_f] (Welsh for “white snow”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Eirwen[/name_f] (Welsh for “snow white”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Eira[/name_f] (Welsh for “snow”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Nevada[/name_u] (Spanish for “snow-capped”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Snow[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Frost[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Blanche[/name_f] (French for “white”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] (Italian for “white”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] (Welsh for “white”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] (Ice Queen)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] (winter flower)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Lumi[/name_f] (Finnish for “snow”)
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Viola[/name_f] (winter flower)

And finally, some [name_u]French[/name_u] middle names:

[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Esmé[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Jolie[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Reine[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Perle[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] Mélody
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Eveline[/name_f]

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For what it’s worth, I really like [name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Fiora[/name_f] from your list - the two names contrast each other really interestingly (Noël has a softer, rounder sound and [name_f]Fiora[/name_f] is sharper and brings its own energy.)

Sorry for any repeats but you might like:

[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Odette[/name_f] or [name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_u]Noël[/name_u] [name_f]Annika[/name_f]