In all the world, Chinel (Chinel 
) is quite a rare largely masculine, but seldom girly given name. The given name Chinel is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom female name, Philippines, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, and the United States. Also, Chinel is the last name as well as the forename.