In the world, Машел (Machel 
, Машел 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The given name Машел is characteristic of Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Jamaica, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and South Africa. Likewise, Машел is the last name as well as the forename.