If I know it is for a boy, I pronounce it like a grassy knoll.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m]. This was my name for a couple years (a story I donāt wanna get into). Part of the reason I changed it is because nobody could/would pronounce it right.
Iām in the US.
I pronounced it as one syllable.
Iāve seen it pronounced both ways rather widely. Partly depends on where you live.
I still think itās a lovely name and itās a shame it didnāt work for me (though Iām very happy with my name now and it suits me better).
But pronunciation issues may be a very real thing because this name is so commonly pronounced both ways.
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I pronounce it the same as [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
my husbandās childhood neighbors were the [name_u]Noel[/name_u] familyā¦ one syllable, rhymes with [name_m]Joel[/name_m].
[name_u]Noel[/name_u] with the two dots above the e is [name_u]French[/name_u] for [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] and is two syllables, No-elle.
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Around me [name_u]Noel[/name_u] is always no-ell, for both or girl 
I say it like [name_f]Noelle[/name_f], but it wouldnāt be too hard to catch on to ālike Joelā. 
No-el, like [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
Iāve heard that the proper pronunciation is nole like pole/Joel/foal, but I much prefer the [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] pronunciation.
Iāve never heard it as ānoleā Iām in the US. But I really like it!
I work at a hospital and a ton of parents give their [name_u]December[/name_u] daughters the middle name [name_u]Noel[/name_u] and [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
as if it rhymed with joel