Rachel (given name)
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| Pronunciation | /ˈreɪtʃəl/ RAY-chəl, French: [ʁaˈʃɛl] |
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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 |
Rachel (Template:Lang-he), Template:Lang-ar); also spelled Rachael, meaning "ewe")[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] 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
- 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, Welsh)
- Rahela (Hawaiian, Romanian)
- Rahil (Russian)
- Ráichéal (Irish)
- Raahel (Malayalam)
- Ραχήλ (Rachíl) (Greek)
- Rakel (Scandinavian)
- Raichel (Tamil)
- Rakhil (Russian)
- Rakhila (Russian)
- Raheli (Swahili)
- Rakul (Faroese)
- Raquel (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Rashel (Russian)
- Rashka (Hebrew)
- Rashke (Hebrew)
- Rechell (Hebrew)
- Ruchel (Yiddish)
- Raakel (Finnish)
- راحیل (Raaheel) (Arabic)
- ریچل (Rachel) (Urdu) [7]
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 simply as "Rachel", Hebrew-language poet from pre-state Israel
- Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth, bassist of Skid Row
- Rachel Brosnahan, actress
- Rachel Carson, US environmentalist, scientist
- Rachel Chalkowski, Israeli midwife and gemach organiser
- 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 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 Price (born 1985), a jazz vocalist and lead vocalist of the band Lake Street Dive
- 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 Duncan, a character in the TV show Orphan Black [8]
- 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
- 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'
See also
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.
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