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

Rachel (Template:Lang-he; also spelled Rachael, meaning "sheep; one with purity") 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)
• Ραχήλ (Rahil) (Greek)
• Rakel (Scandinavian)
• Rakhil (Russian)
• Rakhila (Russian)
• 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.

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", 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 Crow, American actress and singer
• 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 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

People named Rachelle

• Rachelle, dated Marilyn Manson 1987 to early 1989
• Rachelle Walker, Irish professional wrestler and valet

Fictional characters named Rachel

• 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 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
• 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

See also

• List of all articles beginning with Rachel