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Throughout the world, Ходел (Hodel , Ходел) is a very rare mostly boy's, but uncommonly feminine first name. The forename Ходел is habitual in Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Much more prevalently, Ходел is the last name as well as the forename.
Ходел is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hodel , the musical character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock; their daughter, about seventeen. Intelligent and spirited, she falls in love with Perchik and later joins him in Siberia..