Rachel (given name)
Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, Standard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl); also spelled Rachael, meaning "ewe"[1][2] is a feminine given name. It is best known as the name of Biblical Rachel.
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| Pronunciation | /ˈreɪtʃəl/ RAY-chəl, French: [ʁaˈʃɛl], German: [ʁaˈxɛl] (Germany) or [raˈxɛl] (Austria/Switzerland), Dutch: [ˈrɑxɛl] |
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| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | ewe, one with purity |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Rae, Rach |
| Related names | Rachael, Rae, Rahel, Rahela, Raquel, Raye, Ruchel |
Popularity
The name ranks in the top hundred most popular names for girls in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia as well as in Israel. According to United States Social Security card applications in 2005, the name Rachel ranked 38th out of the top 100 names chosen by parents for their baby girls.[3] Statistics for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics show a decline in popularity of the name: it was the 9th most popular name given to baby girls in 1984, but only 235th in 2014.[4][5][6]
Variants
- Raschell (English Caribbean)
- Raechel (English)
- Rachael (English)
- Rachela (Polish)
- Rachele (Italian)
- Rachelle (French)
- Racquel (English)
- Ráhel (Hungarian)
- Rahel/Rachel (German, Hebrew, Polish, Welsh, Indonesia)
- Rahela (Hawaiian, Romanian, Croatian)
- Rahil (Russian)
- راحله (Raheleh) (Persian)
- Ráichéal (Irish)
- Raahel (Malayalam)
- Ραχήλ (Rachíl) (Greek)
- Raakel (Finnish)
- Rakel (Scandinavian)
- රාකෙල් (Rakel) (Sinhala)
- Raichel (Tamil)
- Rakhil (Russian)
- Rakhila (Russian)
- Raheli (Swahili)
- Rakeli (Yoruba)
- Rakul (Faroese)
- Raquel (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Rashel (Russian)
- Rashka (Hebrew)
- Rashke (Hebrew)
- Rechell (Hebrew)
- Ruchel (Yiddish)
- Rahel/Racha (Arabic)
- ریچل (Rachel) (Urdu)[7]
People named Rachel
- Rachel a b e e c h from korean manhwa and anime tower of god.
- Rachel, Biblical figure known for being the wife that Jacob loved
- Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva (1st century)
- Rachel, a French singer of the 1960s
- Rachel Aberlin (16th-century) Jewish mystic
- Rachel Allen (1972–), Irish celebrity chef
- Rachel Amanda (1995-), Indonesian actress, singer and model
- Rachel Anderson (1943–), English journalist and author
- Rachel Anderson (football agent), the UK's first female FIFA-licensed agent
- Rachel Attas (1934–2004), Israeli actress and singer
- Rokhl Auerbakh (Rachel Auerbach) (1903–1976), Polish-Israeli writer, essayist, historian, and Holocaust scholar
- Rachel Bilson (1981–), American actress
- Rachel Bloom (1987–), American actress
- Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), usually referred to simply as "Rachel", Hebrew-language poet from pre-state Israel
- Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth (1966–), bassist of Skid Row
- Rachel Boston (1982-), American actress and producer
- Rachel Brosnahan (1990–), American actress
- Rachel Carson (1907–1964), US environmentalist, scientist
- Rachel Chalkowski (1939–), Israeli midwife and gemach organiser
- Rachel Corrie (1973–2003), American political activist
- Rachel Corsie (born 1989), Scottish footballer
- Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998), American author
- Rachel Crow (1998–), American actress and singer
- Rachel Cusk (1967–), Canadian-born novelist
- Rachel Dolezal (1977-), American former civil rights activist known for falsely claiming to be African American
- Rachel Entwistle née Souza (1980–2006), American murder victim
- Rachel Félix (1821–1858), 19th-century French actress (born Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Mademoiselle Rachel)
- Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942), American poet, novelist and children's fiction writer
- Rachel G. Fox (1996–), American actress and singer
- Rachel Fuller (1973–), British singer-songwriter
- Rachel Hardiman (1961–), Irish cricketer
- Rachel Harris (1979–), Australian swimmer
- Rachel M. Harter, American statistician
- Rachel Haugh, English architect
- Rachel Hoffman (1984-2008), American murder victim
- Rachel Hopkins, British Labour MP
- Rachel Hunter (1969–), New Zealand supermodel and actress
- Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990–), British actress
- Rachel Kolly d'Alba (1981–), Swiss soloist violinist
- G. Rachel Levy (1884–1966), author and cultural historian
- Rachel Maddow (1973–), American journalist
- Rachel Meghan Markle (1981–), Duchess of Sussex and former American actress
- Rachel McAdams (1978–), Canadian actress
- Rachel McLean (1971-1991), British murder victim
- Rachel Nichols (1980–), American actress
- Rachel Nickell (1968–1992), British murder victim
- Rachel Parish (1981–), British sportswoman
- Rachel Peters, Miss Universe Philippines 2017
- Rachel Platten (1981–), American singer and songwriter
- Rachel Portman (1960–), British composer
- Rachel Rath (1976–), Irish actress
- Rachel Rossi, American criminal justice lawyer
- Rachel Scott (1981–1999), a victim in the Columbine High School massacre
- Rachel Raesetja Sebati (1993–) South African footballer
- Rachel Shoaf (1996–), American convicted of murder in 2013
- Rachel Smith (1985–), Miss USA 2007
- Rachel Stevens (1978–), English pop singer, best known as a member of the band S Club 7
- Rachel Stuart (1972–), Jamaican-Canadian model and actress
- Rachel Sutherland (1976–), New Zealand field hockey player
- Rachel Sweet (1962–), American producer, singer, and actress
- Rachel Ticotin (1958–), American film and television actress
- Rachel Trachtenburg (1993–), American rock singer and drummer
- Rachel True (1968–), American actress
- Rachel Tucker (1981–), Northern Irish musical theatre actress, and singer
- Rachel Walker (disambiguation), several people
- Rachel Ward (1957–), English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter
- Rachel Wade, teenager convicted of murder
- Rachel Weisz (1970–), British actress
- Rachel Willis-Sørensen (1984–), American opera singer
- Rachel York (1971–), American actress and singer
- Rachel Zoe (1971–), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and writer
People named Rachael
- Hecate (musician) (1976-), born Rachael Kozak, a Swiss music producer
- Rachael Bella (1984-), an American actress, best known for her role in the 2002 film The Ring
- Rachael Blake (1971-), an actress in the 2003 movie Perfect Strangers
- Rachael Bland (1978-2018), Welsh BBC newsreader
- Rachael Boyle (born 1991), Scottish footballer
- Rachael Carpani (1980-), Australian actress
- Rachael Denhollander (1984-), American lawyer, former gymnast and survivor
- Rachael Leigh Cook (1979-), American actress
- Rachael Finch (1988-), Miss Universe Australia 2009, 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009
- Rachael Flatt (1992-), American figure skater
- Rachael Grinham (1977-), professional squash player from Australia
- Rachael Harris (1968-), American actress and comedian
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint (1939-2017), an English cricketer
- Rachael Lampa (1985-), American singer/songwriter best known for her work in the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Rachael MacFarlane (1976-), American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane
- Rachael McLaren, Canadian dancer
- Rachael Price (1985-), American jazz vocalist and lead vocalist of the band Lake Street Dive
- Rachael Ray (1968-), American celebrity chef, see Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
- Rachael Runyan (1979-1982), American murder victim
- Rachael Sage, an American songwriter
- Rachael Scdoris (1985-), blind American dog musher and cross country runner
- Rachael Sporn (1968-), Australian female basketball player
- Rachael Stirling (1977-), British actress best known for from the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet
- Rachael Taylor (1984-), Australian actress
- Rachael Yamagata (1977-), American singer-songwriter
People named Rachelle
- Rachelle Leah (1984-), American model
- Rachelle Lefevre (1979-), Canadian actress
- Rachelle Ann Go (1986-), Filipina singer
- Rachelle Ferrell (1964-), American vocalist and musician
People named Rahel
- Rahel Graf (1989-), Swiss footballer
- Rahel Indermaur (1980-), Swiss opera singer
- Rahel Jaeggi (1967-), German philosopher
- Rahel Kiwic (1991-), Swiss footballer
- Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833), German writer
- Rahel Vigdozchik (1989-), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
People named Rachele
- Rachele Bruni (1990-), Italian swimmer
- Rachele Fogar (1991-), Italian model and television personality
- Rachele Lynae (1988-), American country rock singer
- Rachele Mussolini (1890-1979), wife of Benito Mussolini
- Rachele Sangiuliano (1981-), Italian volleyball player
People named Raquel
Fictional characters named Rachel (or variants thereof)
- Rachel Aldridge, Lady Sinderby, a character introduced in season 5 of the TV show Downton Abbey
- Rachel Alucard, a character in the BlazBlue video game series
- Rachel Amber, a side character in Life Is Strange and a main character in its spinoff, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
- Rachel, one of the six main characters of Animorphs
- Rachel (Ninja Gaiden), a female warrior from the Ninja Gaiden series of video games
- Naughty Rachel, a character in the British TV Series Green Wing
- Rachel Berry, a character in the television series Glee
- Rachel Brown, a character in the play Inherit the Wind
- Rachel Carruthers, a character in the Halloween film series
- Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a character in the young adult book series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
- Rachel Dawes, Assistant District Attorney in the Batman series of movies.
- Rachel Duncan, a character in the TV show Orphan Black[8]
- Rachel Lynde, a supporting character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables
- Rachel Gatina, a character in the TV show One Tree Hill
- Rachel Gibson, a character in Season 5 of Alias
- Rachel Green, a character in the TV series Friends
- Rachel Gardner, a character in the Angels of Death (video game)
- The Rachel haircut, a hairstyle popularized by the Friends character
- Rachel Greene, a character in the TV series ER, daughter of Mark Greene
- Rachel Kinski, a character in the Australian TV show Neighbours
- Rachel Mason, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
- Rachel Menken, Don Draper's client's daughter and a love interest in Mad Men
- Rachel Moore, of Case Closed (Detective Conan)
- Rachel Summers, a character in the Marvel Universe, daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey
- Rachel Teller, a character in the Need for Speed Underground 2
- Rachel, a character from the Rhapsody in Blue segment of the Disney movie Fantasia 2000
- Rachel Zane, a character in the American TV show Suits
- Rachael (Battle Arena Toshinden), a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Rachel Dalles, a character in the Black Butler manga series and anime.
- Rachel Taub, a supporting character on the TV show House, the wife of Dr. Chris Taub
- Rachael, a replicant in sci-fi movie Blade Runner
- Rachel, a friend of Vivian Ward and Kit DeLuca in the romantic movie Pretty Woman.
- Rachel Chu, an economic professor, Nick Young’s lover in the American romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians.
- Rachel Roth, the false civilian name of Raven (DC Comics).
- Rachel Tice, a recurring character in the web series The Most Popular Girls in School.
- Rachel Walker, a main character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise.
- Rachel Wilson, a minor character in the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball.
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See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Rachel
- Rokhlin
References
- "Strong's Hebrew: 7353. רָחֵל (rachel) - ewe". Biblehub.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- "Leah and Rachel (No. 295)". Ccg.org. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- 100 most popular baby names for 2005, Chatham Journal
- Powell-Smith, Anna. "Babies called Rachel in England & Wales since 1996". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- "Baby Names, England and Wales, 1904-1994" (XLS). Office for National Statistics. 28 July 2011.
- "Baby Names, England and Wales, 2014" (XLS). Office for National Statistics. 17 August 2015.
- Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn. "Rachel Urdu Meanings: ریچل - rachel - English to Urdu Dictionary". Hamariweb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- "Rachel Duncan - BBC America".
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