Rachel (given name)

For other people with an alternate spelling, see Rachael. For a variation of the name, see Raquel.

Rachel
The Biblical Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Pronunciation	/ˈreɪtʃəl/ RAY-chəl, French: [ʁaˈʃɛl]
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

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Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, Standard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl‎), Arabic: راحیل, Rāḥīl‎); also spelled Rachael, from an unused root meaning: "to journey as a ewe that is a good traveller")^[1]^[2] is a feminine given name. The name ranks in the top hundred most popular names for girls in the United States, Canada, the 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]

Variants

Raecha (Finnish)
Raechel (English)
Rachael (English)
Racheal (English)
Rachela (Polish)
Rachele (Italian)
Rachelle (French)
Racquel (English)
Raghnailt (Irish) (note that this name is etymologically unrelated to Rachel)
Ráhel (Hungarian)
Rahel/Rachel (German, Hebrew, Polish)
Rahela (Hawaiian, Romanian)
Rahil (Russian)
Ráichéal (Irish)
Raahel (Malayalam)
Ραχήλ (Rahil) (Greek)
Rakel (Scandinavian)
Raichel(Tamilian)
Rakhil (Russian)
Rakhila (Russian)
Raheli (Swahili)
Rakul (Faroese)
Raquel (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
Rashel (Russian)
Rashka (Hebrew)
Rashke (Hebrew)
Rechell (Hebrew)
Ruchel (Yiddish)
Rachelle (Finnish) The woman who can't be seen.
راحیل (Raaheel) (Arabic)
ریچل (Rachel) (Urdu) ^[4]

People named Rachel

Rachel, in the Bible, the wife of Jacob
Rachel (actress), 19th-century French actress (Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Rachel)
Rachel (singer), a French singer of the 1960s
Rachel Allen, Irish celebrity chef
Rachel Bilson, actress
Rachel Bluwstein, usually referred to solely as "Rachel", Israeli poet
Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth, bassist of Skid Row
Rachel Brosnahan, actress
Rachel Carson, environmentalist, scientist
Rachel Corrie, American political activist
Rachel Cosgrove Payes, author
Rachel Crow, American actress and singer
Rachel Entwistle, American murder victim
Rachel Félix (1821-1858), French actress
Rachel G. Fox, actress
Rachel Fuller, British singer-songwriter
Rachel Harris, Australian swimmer
Rachel Hunter, model
Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
Rachel Kolly d'Alba, Swiss soloist violinist
Rachel Maddow, American journalist
Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
Rachel Nichols, American actress
Rachel Nickell, British murder victim
Rachel Parish, British sportswoman
Rachel Portman, British composer
Rachel Rath, Irish actress
Rachel Ryan, actress
Rachel Reynolds, American actress and model on the TV game show The Price Is Right
Rachel Scott, a victim in the Columbine High School massacre
Rachel Shoaf (born 1996), American convicted of murder
Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007
Rachel Stevens, British pop singer, best known as a member of the band S Club 7
Rachel Stuart, Jamaican-Canadian model and actress
Rachel Sutherland, New Zealand field hockey player
Rachel Sweet, Producer, singer, and actress
Rachel Trachtenburg, American rock singer and drummer
Rachel True, actress
Rachel Walker, English field hockey player
Rachel Weisz, actress
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, American opera singer
Rachel York, actress

People named Rachael

Hecate (musician), real name Rachael Kozak, a Swiss music producer
Rachael Bella, an American actress, best known for her role in the 2002 film The Ring
Rachael Blake, an actress in the 2003 movie Perfect Strangers
Rachael Leigh Cook, an American actress
Rachael Finch, Miss Universe Australia 2009, 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009
Rachael Flatt, a young American figure skater
Rachael Grinham, a professional squash player from Australia
Rachael Harris, an American actress and comedian
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, an English cricketer
Rachael Lampa, an American singer/songwriter best known for her work in the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rachael MacFarlane, an American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane
Rachael Ray, an American celebrity chef, see Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
Rachael Sage, an American songwriter
Rachael Scdoris, a blind American dog musher and cross country runner
Rachael Sporn, Australian female basketball player
Rachael Stirling, a British actress best known for from the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet
Rachael Taylor, an Australian actress
Rachael Yamagata, an American singer-songwriter
Rachael (Battle Arena Toshinden), a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
Rachael (Blade Runner), a replicant in the film Blade Runner

People named Rachelle

Rachelle Lefevre (born 1979), Canadian actress
Rachelle Ann Go (born 1986), Filipina singer
Rachelle Ferrell (born 1964), American vocalist and musician

People named Rahel

Rahel Kiwic (born 1991), Swiss footballer
Rahel Varnhagen (1771-1833), German writer
Rahel Vigdozchik (born 1989), Israeli rhythmic gymnast

Fictional characters named Rachel

Rachel Aldridge, Lady Sinderby, a character introduced in season 5 of the TV show Downton Abbey
Rachel (Animorphs), 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 (Glee), 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 and the Olympians
Rachel Dawes, Assistant District Attorney in the Batman series of movies.
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
- The Rachel haircut, a hairstyle popularized by the Friends character
Rachel Greene, a character in the TV series ER
Rachel Kinski, a character in the Australian TV show Neighbours
Rachel Lang, a character in The Rage: Carrie 2
Raichu, a cartoon charecter, as enemy of pikachu in the show "Pokemon"
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 (Case Closed), of Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Rachel Summers, a character in the Marvel Universe
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