Around the world, מאשל (Machel 
, מאשל 
) is quite a rare unisex first name. The forename מאשל is habitual in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Jamaica, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and South Africa. Likewise, מאשל is the last name as well as the forename.