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Across the world, ชาแนล (Chanel , ชาแนล ) is a common epicene first name. The given name ชาแนล is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a common unisex name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common dominantly boy's, but uncommonly female name, and Cameroon, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Cameroon. Likewise, ชาแนล is the last name as well as the forename.
ชาแนล 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'.