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Across the world, Hansel (Hansel , Ансель , ハンセル) is a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The forename Hansel is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a common masculine name, Cuba, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Costa Rica. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Dominican Republic, Philippines, and Indonesia. Likewise, Hansel is the last name as well as the forename.
Hansel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hansel , the fictional person from the fairytale Hansel and Gretel; Hansel , the operatic character in the opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck; Peter and Gertrud's son, Hänsel und Gretel and Hansel and Gretel , the main antagonists in the 2011 film Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil.