Throughout the world, Sahel (Sahel 
, ساهل 
, Сахель 
) is a common largely male, but seldom girly forename. The first name Sahel is characteristic of Afghanistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. Also, Sahel is the last name as well as the forename.