Noël/Noelle/Noel

[Anonymous]

I love Noelle! I definitely would go with that spelling. I have a friend whose name is Noel and people often assume she's male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My name is Noelle, I am 47, and I can tell you no one EVER gets my name right upon reading it in an English speaking country. My college graduation they called me the male version. I am usually called Nicole accidentally. Once they hear it they say "Oh what a pretty name" and then ask if I was born on Christmas, which I was born in the summer but have French ancestry. Today gender neutral names are in style and if you name your daughter Noelle she may not thank you, but at least when she gets a call from the ARMY when she is graduating from high school (to try to recruit her) they won't be so shocked when they realize they called a girl, like they did when I was 18. I often go by Elle now, as people get that. But far and away people call me Nicole when they see my name ALL THE TIME. They see the N and E at the end and fill in the middle. I like my name, but it has been a huge hassle my whole life, just FYI for those of you thinking about using it. It also means Christmas, which is about JESUS for those of you who aren't Christians, so do yourself a favor and don't use it if you aren't a Christian, as that is disrespectful.

Wait, what? There are lots of women in the Army and have been for decades. It's not like recruiters are trying to sign up only boys or men.

[Anonymous]

How about, JKMNO instead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My name is Noelle, I am 47, and I can tell you no one EVER gets my name right upon reading it in an English speaking country. My college graduation they called me the male version. I am usually called Nicole accidentally. Once they hear it they say "Oh what a pretty name" and then ask if I was born on Christmas, which I was born in the summer but have French ancestry. Today gender neutral names are in style and if you name your daughter Noelle she may not thank you, but at least when she gets a call from the ARMY when she is graduating from high school (to try to recruit her) they won't be so shocked when they realize they called a girl, like they did when I was 18. I often go by Elle now, as people get that. But far and away people call me Nicole when they see my name ALL THE TIME. They see the N and E at the end and fill in the middle. I like my name, but it has been a huge hassle my whole life, just FYI for those of you thinking about using it. It also means Christmas, which is about JESUS for those of you who aren't Christians, so do yourself a favor and don't use it if you aren't a Christian, as that is disrespectful.

Thanks for the heads up, Nicole. Google yourself much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No dots please.

There is no reason to put unnecessary punctuation in a first name.

I love the dots!

[Anonymous]

Noelle is nms, and I would immediately assume she was a Christmas baby.

Noel is a boy’s name and will forever conjure up images of Scott Foley in my mind.

The one with the dots - please don’t.

[Anonymous]

My name is Noëlle though I don't use the umlaut for informal communication. My mother was French, born and raised in Alsace. I am very used to hearing Nicole and never used to correct people. I do now.