In the world, ระฆัง (Bell 
, Bellar 
, Rakang 
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name ระฆัง is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common female name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and the United States. More frequently, ระฆัง is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Bell | United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, United States, Cameroon |
| Bellar | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States, New Zealand |
| Rakang | Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia, India |
| ระฆัง | Thailand |
ระฆัง is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bell , the fictional character from Battle for Dream Island; Bell Cranel , the fictional character from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?; Bell Elkins , the fictional character by American author Julia Keller; Bell Goodchild and Bell , the operatic character in the opera Guglielmo Ratcliff, among other works.