Throughout the world, באדל (Badel 
, באדל 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name באדל is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is a rare boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Kuwait, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Ethiopia. More frequently, באדל is the last name as well as the forename.