Throughout the world, שאנל (Chanel 
, Channel , שאנל 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name שאנל is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, and Cameroon, where it is quite a common epicene name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Indonesia. Also, שאנל is the last name as well as the forename.
שאנל is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Chanel Oberlin , the fictional character from the Fox series Scream Queens; Chanel Press Attache , the character in Olivier Assayas' film Clouds of Sils Maria; Chanel , the theatrical character in the play "Eight Women" and Chanel , the character from 2003 film 'The Cheetah Girls'.