The Most Christmassy Name

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[@NameExplain]

Hello all! There's still two whole videos left for Christmas week 2022 but just want to say merry Christmas here again and if you fancy getting me a gift consider leaving a Super Thanks on this video, helps amazingly xxx

[@brianedwards7142]

I say, old bean, you forgot famous.... everything (he sings, he acts, he dances, he tells jokes) and war hero Noel Coward.

[@cfgp]

Noël has a diaeresis, not an umlaut. It comes from greek, διαίρεσις, which means separation, and (in english) it's used to indicate that vowels are part of separate syllables. Umlaut is german, meaning changed sound, and it changes that sound the vowel makes. While identical, they are different diacritics.

[@hotwax9376]

It looks the same as an umlaut though, even if it serves a different purpose.

[@oliverkarehag9883]

@@hotwax9376 yeah but of you take the letter ç as an exempel it’s pronounced as an s-sound in french but in Turkish it’s a ch-sound. In Swedish we have Å, Ä and Ö, but the dots above the letters give them another sound. In Hebrew they have a dot in or to the left side of the letter but it can be a dot in the same position but have another function next to another.

[@chetecredivecachera9099]

In Italy there is the "Natale" name, literally meaning Christmas. The same things happens for other Holidays too.

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

Noel is a fairly common name in Ireland, where I'm from, but it's very much a middle-aged/old man name. I've only ever met two Noels under the age of about 50, and even then that's not common

[@Somebodyherefornow]

There is actually a difference between the umlaut(German), The Trema(French), and the diaeresis even though they are the same symbol. In German: you can just put an e after the vowel to make it like the umlaut EX: Äpfel - Apple can be written Aepfel In french: the The Trema is used to say that the vowel sound is its own sound, and does not interfere, like Noel vs Noël I am basically dying hearing you call it Noel lol Also, dO yOu KnOw WhAt ThE IPA iS? iT cAn HeLp YoU uNdErStAnD pRoNoUnCiAtIoN!

[@dracone4370]

I watched an animated Christmas special back in the early 2000s titled Noel, it's about a Christmas ornament named Noel, it was really bittersweet with its ending. My grandmother was named Katleen, we all called her Kay, and she was a very opinionated Irish woman with a forceful personality, we lost her a few years ago

[@Labyrinth6000]

Is it the one with a red ornament who lives for so many years being put up on so many trees that he breaks?

[@dracone4370]

@@Labyrinth6000 yep

[@hotwax9376]

@@dracone4370 I remember that cartoon. Unfortunately, most Christmas specials aren't that great, and I'm not sure this was an exception.

[@dracone4370]

@@hotwax9376 it was decent, it wasn't all that good but it wasn't bad either; the main chsracter's chipper personality does start to wear thin a bit by the end though

[@Onibushou]

The clear winner is Christmas Noelle "Chrissy" Snow, from Three's Company.

[@arthuruppiano3211]

The Wrong Trousers is a perfect animated film for one simple reason: Feathers McGraw.

[@arikwolf3777]

One of my friends has Noel as his surname. He quickly corrected me when I pronounced it "Noël".

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

To be fair, the Christmas pronunciation would be spelled Noelle.

[@arikwolf3777]

@@TheSpiritombsableye: Except for this video and your comment, I have never seen this spelling. It's Noël to me. :)

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

@@arikwolf3777 It's spelled as Noel but pronounced as Noelle.

[@arikwolf3777]

@@TheSpiritombsableye: Noël is pronounce Noelle, Noel is pronounce Knoll. Got it.

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

@@arikwolf3777 this is a good time to bring up both that these names are exceptionally rare and in the USA where I come from we don't commonly use names or any words with special characters above our letters. There's no Noël. It's just Noel.

[@turbosdolphin]

Happy Christmas Patrick!! Sending positive and festive vibes!! 🌲🎉🥂⭐️❤️😀

[@trightnar]

As a southern Californian I've never heard anyone pronounce the name "Noll" it's always "Noël" in my experience

[@gojohnniegogo]

Merry Christmas, Patrick, Merry Christmas Amber!

[@LunaBari]

Isn't a similar the name Pascal and easter?

[@kenhartono5956]

Saying O so much that I doesn't feel it's a real letter

[@modmaker7617]

English: Christmas Latin: Nātīvitās or Nātālis Interslavic: Rodženje Germanic Languages need an Interslavic and Latin equivalent.

[@FoggyD]

We do, yes. The Nordic languages all seem to have variants on 'Yule'. The Dutch 'Kerstmas' isn't too far from the English term... but then German has to go and ruin it with a completely different word in 'Weihnachten'.

[@modmaker7617]

@@FoggyD Making a neutral Germanic language will probably be harder than for Interslavic

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Most Swedes would agree Lucia is the most Christmas name.

[@MrVykis]

Before opening up this video I expected for it to be about name Claus/Klaus

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Natalie is rather christmassy too. That's worthy of a little dive.

[@kainingyao7873]

The name Natalia also has very similar origins, too, coming from the Latin word for "birth" in honor of the Nativity.

[@mortimersnead5821]

Hello, my name is Noel. I've never had a proper birthday party.

[@michaelhaywood8262]

Re the British radio and TV presenter Noel Edmunds. He has now retired and lives in New Zealand. He was born on December 22 in 1948. For a long time he presented the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1.

[@brianedwards7142]

Fielding's bits as the Moon get me.

[@kirabowie]

Merry Christmas, Patrick! 🎄🎁

[@purplealice]

When I was in high school during the 1960s, I knew a girl named Noelle and a boy named Noel.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

9:17 Yeah, I weirdly get that with Disney's _Encanto,_ oddly enough - it has an oddly Christmasy feel to it, right down to Abuela being something of a Scrooge-type character.

[@sandybarnes887]

Happy Festivus. I look forward to your 'airing of grievances' video. Or maybe some feats of strength 🎅 🌲

[@oliverkarehag9883]

A few years ago a guy won the Swedish music competition “melodifestivalen”, the melody festival which qualified him to the Eurovision Song Contest. His nickname is Tusse however his original name is Toussaint - all saints. So the french has a few of those names.

[@noelplum99]

If Noel is the most christmassy Christmas name then I think I win the competition for the christmassiest christmassy Christmas name of them all 🤣🤣🤣

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

Isn't Noel related to Nolan? If you pronounce the name quickly you get Null or 0

[@garfieldh.8820]

Copied from Wikipedia: "of Irish origin from Ó Nualláin, derived from Irish _nuall_ meaning "noble, famous" combined with a diminutive suffix."

[@amrys_argent]

When I was a kid, I was friends with a boy named Chris who had sisters named Noel (or maybe Noelle) and Holly. Guess what their mom's favorite holiday was ... Anyway, here in the U.S., I've only ever heard of girls/women with the name Noel/Noelle, and always pronounced No-el.

[@Notanothertime]

Just come back from my mum's birthday meal today who is one of those other Christmas names. Carol.

[@cennethadameveson3715]

You forgot Noel Gordon a soap actress on Crossroads in the 70s. Also, I have a few distant victorian male relatives named Christmas.

[@richardwilliams9130]

I have a few more; those being; famous playwright Sir Nöel Coward, Nöel Fisher, who voiced Toad on X Men Evolution, Nöel Wells, who was a featured player on Saturday Night Live, and on the fictional front, Nöel Vermilion from BlazBlue.

[@brianedwards7142]

Legendary 70s Aussie comedian Noeline Brown is a grouse Sheila.

[@pedromenchik1961]

In Portuguese, Santa Claus is named "Papai Noel", something similar to Father Christmas

[@FoggyD]

The two dots on the E in Noël are a diaeresis, not an umlaut. Nothing wrong with pronouncing it "knoll" if people miss out the accent though. Wrestler Mick Foley called his daughter Noelle. He's famously obsessed with Christmas. Denise Richards played a character called Christmas in the Bond film The World is not Enough. There's a Christmas carol whose title spells it 'Nowell' - in the sense of "the original night of the nativity".

[@kenaikuskokwim9694]

Christmas Humphreys was an early-20th-century English religious figure-- head of the London Buddhist Society!

[@SkoomaCat]

In spanish, the female version of Noel is Noelia. Also in spanish, Ariel and Alexis are mane names 🙂

[@feliciagaffney1998]

What are mane names?

[@HalfEye79]

To name a child Noel in Germany gives the child free for bullying, because in German there is the word "nölen" and that Ö can be written as OE, so it would be "noelen", which means something like "whimper" in English. Not a very nice name.

[@Auspop]

I also thought of the word for Zero being "Null" when i hear the name "Noel" haha

[@kkcliffy2952]

I feel like Noelle is more common than Noel in the US.

[@felipesantana2438]

Weirdly enough, here in Brazil Santa Claus is called "Papai Noel" (like, Daddy Noel), even though Noel isn't how you say Christmas in Portuguese, and afaik Noel isn't even a common name in Portuguese. Unlike our fellow speakers in Portugal who call the jolly man "Pai Natal" (Father Christmas).

[@michaelhaywood8262]

He is also usually Father Christmas in England.

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

i want to name my kid miguel noel

[@makotopark7741]

i instantly thought of Noel because of the title lol

[@Illumisepoolist]

🎶 Noel, Noel. 🎶

[@brianedwards7142]

KZbin lacks a humbug emote.

[@nickimontie]

All the Noels I know pronounce it Noll.

[@BeastOfTraal]

When I was in school I a bus driver named Ms. Noel

[@ley_brab]

The most Christmassy name is Christmas due to the fact it is Christmas

[@johnsonnyirenda]

Noel like Joel.

[@purplealice]

I just celebrated my birthday last week, and I'm terribly glad I'm not named Natalie.

[@brisamargutierrezparra2517]

A famous Noel in Spanish speaking world Is Noel Schajris

[@JeeWeeD]

Speaking of, a video idea: names that, reversed, still are a name! The Dutch variant of Nanouk, Nanoek, reversed is the name Keonan, and Noel reversed is the name Leon.

[@charlespentrose7834]

I hope you have a good holiday season and get at least one gift that brings you Joy.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Don't forget Noel Coward.

[@drapz1525]

Thought it’d be Christopher

[@hibbiea8841]

Noel Fielding Noel Gallagher Noel Fitzpatrick Noel Edmonds

[@Martin97perussini]

Daddy Noel someone?

[@ludvercz]

The pedantry in the comments gave me diaeresis.

[@niravdarmesh5278]

Dipping into the eggnog and Grinchy-ganja before this video, huh? 🧑‍🎄😑

[@jacksavere6988]

Is it Chris T. Masse?😜

[@Blaineworld]

Noelle from Deltarune (I like Deltarune.)

[@BunnysAreCool]

Noël

[@bigbloke2000]

Great clickbait video title (loved it!) :-D

[@theGypsyViking]

Not exactly related to the name Noel, but I heard that the most common birthday is September 9, which is exactly nine months after Christmas. Not sure if this is a global statistic, a US statistic, or just something my brother made up.

[@sjoerdvandeweg4702]

I just know a Noël, Noël, Noël, Noël, Born is the king of Israel

[@love_o3oz]

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