Noël
نويلIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Christmas, from Latin natalis 'birth': the birth of Christ
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- French, Latin
- Other spellings
- Noel
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Named after the Christian feast of Christmas, so it is counted as a name of another religion. No source read rules on the name. Some fatwas (IslamWeb 266275 and 301771) call names peculiar to another faith impermissible for a Muslim; others (SeekersGuidance) allow foreign names unless their meaning expresses disbelief. Scholars differ.
Confidence: medium
Sources
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