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Globally, פרידל (Friedel , Friedl , פרידל ) is quite a rare unisex first name. The first name פרידל is characteristic of Austria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Israel, and Germany. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Germany, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Austria. More prevalently, פרידל is the last name as well as the forename.
פרידל is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Friedel Feuermaul , the character from Musil's The Man Without Qualities; Friedel Schmidt , the fictional character from Almost Angels and Friedl , the operatic character in the opera Die gold’ne Meisterin.