Across the world, पटेल (Patel 
, पटेल ) is a widespread gender-neutral given name. The first name पटेल is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common unisex name, Kuwait, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name, and Oman. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Saudi Arabia, and Nepal. More frequently, पटेल is the last name as well as the forename.
पटेल is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
अजय, नरेश, विजय, विनोद, दिलीप, लालजी, सतीश, सुरेश, सुनील, मुकेश, राकेश, प्रकाश, कमलेश, नेमाराम, गोपाल, विपिन, दिनेश, राजू, राजु, राजा, राहुल, परविन, बिजय, राजेश, अंकिता, मोहन, शंकर, रवि, रुपेश, पायल, कपिल, अशोक, अखिलेश, आशीष, आकाश, संदीप, राज, रमेश, अनिल, अनिता, अरविन, अरविंद, अरजुन, अरूण, सचिन, सुभाष, मनोज, रोहित, and राजीव