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Around the globe, Handel (Handel , Handle , הנדל ) is a rare principally boy's, but scarcely feminine forename. The forename Handel is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, where it is quite a rare male name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare male name, and Nicaragua. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Jamaica, and India. More frequently, Handel is the last name as well as the forename.
Handel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hendel , character in Shannara.