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Globally, Friedel (Friedel
, Фридель
, פרידל
) is quite a rare unisex given name. The forename Friedel is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, and Germany, where it is a rare largely masculine, but infrequently female name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, and South Africa. More prevalently, Friedel is the last name as well as the forename.
Friedel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Friedel Feuermaul , the character from Musil's The Man Without Qualities and Friedel Schmidt , the fictional character from Almost Angels.