Nowell - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Nowell \no-well, nowe-ll\, also used as girl's name Nowell, is a variant of Noel (French), and the meaning of Nowell is "Christmas".

The baby name Nowell sounds like Newell and Nowel. Other similar baby names are Howell, Lowell, Norwell, Powell and Rowell.

Nowell is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#4770 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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