Around the world, Echel (Echel 
, Echell 
) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Echel is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, Philippines, where it is a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom masculine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare epicene name. Very seldom, Echel is the last name as well as the forename.