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Worldwide, เยล (Yen , Yalee , เยล ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The given name เยล is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common female name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common largely feminine, but uncommonly masculine name, and Brunei, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Vietnam, the United States, and Indonesia. More prevalently, เยล is the last name as well as the forename.
เยล is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yen Sid , the sorcerer from Disney's Fantasia (1940), Kingdom Hearts III; Yen Yen and Sing Sing , the musical character in the musical A Chinese Honeymoon by Howard Talbot; maids of honour to Soo Soo and Yen How , the musical character in the musical San Toy; a Mandarin.