Nowell is a boy's name of English origin meaning “Christmas.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Nowell belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Christmas” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nowell first appears in Social Security records in 1927. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3007 in 1969, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 167 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nowell means “Christmas” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nowell is a boy name.
Nowell comes from the English & American tradition.
Nowell first appears in US records in 1927. Its best-ever ranking was #3007 in 1969, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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