At a Glance
- Meaning
- The midwinter festival season (Christmastide)
- Origin
- Old English / Old Norse (Germanic)
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- YOOL
Yule is an Old English / Old Norse (Germanic) unisex name meaning “the midwinter festival season (Christmastide)”. It appears in our list of Christmas Baby Names for Your Holiday Babe.
Meaning & Origin of Yule
Meaning: The midwinter festival season (Christmastide).
Origin: Old English / Old Norse (Germanic).
A common claim: "winter feast" Actually: Yule is often glossed simply as 'winter feast,' but the exact root meaning of the underlying Proto-Germanic word is uncertain; more precisely it denotes the midwinter festival season itself.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Yule
YOOLIPA /juːl/
Popularity of Yule
Yule doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Yule
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