Rachel (given name)

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

Not to be confused with Rachel, Rachel (disambiguation).

Rachel
The Biblical Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Pronunciation	English: /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

Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, Standard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl‎; also spelled Rachael, meaning "sheep; one with purity")^{[citation needed]} is a feminine given name. The name ranks in the top hundred most popular names for girls in the United States, Canada, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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.

Variants

• Raakel (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)
• Rakel (Scandinavian)
• Rakhil (Russian)
• Rakhila (Russian)
• Rakul (Faroese)
• Raquel (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish)
• Rashel (Russian)
• Rashka (Hebrew)
• Rashke (Hebrew)
• Rechell (Hebrew)
• Ruchel (Yiddish)

People named Rachel

• Rachelle Dated Marilyn Manson 1987 to early 1989
• Rachel, in the Bible, the wife of Jacob
• Rachel (actress), 19th-century French actress (Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Rachel)
• Rachel Allen, Irish celebrity chef
• Rachel Bilson, actress
• Rachel Bluwstein, usually referred to solely as "Rachel", famous Israeli poet
• Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth, bassist of Skid Row
• Rachel Carson, environmentalist, scientist
• Rachel Corrie, American political activist
• Rachel Cosgrove Payes, author
• Rachel Entwistle, American murder victim
• 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, actress
• Rachel Rox, pornographic 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 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 Trachtenburg, American rock singer and drummer
• Rachel True, actress
• Rachel Walker, English field hockey player
• Rachel Weisz, actress
• Rachel York, actress

Fictional characters named Rachel

• Rachel Berry, a character in the television series Glee
• Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a character in the young adult book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Rachel Mason, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
• Naughty Rachel, a character in the British TV Series Green Wing
• Rachel, a supporting character (who later becomes playable in the Sigma re-make) in the 2004 Xbox video game, Ninja Gaiden
• Rachel (Animorphs), one of the six main characters of Animorphs
• Rachel Carruthers, a character in the Halloween film series
• 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 Gatina, a character in the TV show One Tree Hill
• Rachel Kinski, a character in the Australian TV show Neighbours
• 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
• Rachael, a character in the 1982 film Blade Runner
• Rachel Lang, a character in The Rage: Carrie 2
• Rachel Brown, a character in the play Inherit the Wind

See also

• List of all articles beginning with Rachel