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All around the world, מנדל (Mendel , Mandel , Mandl ) is quite a common principally male, but very seldom girly forename. The given name מנדל is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, and Philippines, where it is a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Israel, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, מנדל is the last name as well as the forename.
מנדל is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mendel , the operatic character in the opera 200.000 Taler, 200 000 Taler; Mendel , the character by John le Carré, Call for the Dead; Mendel Stromm , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Mandel Karlsson , the Swedish comic character, 91:an Karlsson.