Updated February 28, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Little lamb, ewe; one with purity

Girl name variations

Rachael

Rachael

- 6% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raychel

Raychel

0 % this year
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Rachele

Rachele

0 % this year
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Rah'zell

Rah'zell

0 % this year
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Rahel

Rahel

+ 240% this year
Feminine
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Raquel

Raquel

- 12% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Ray

Ray

+ 17% this year
Neutral
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Shelley

Shelley

- 45% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Shelly

Shelly

- 7% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Shellie

Shellie

0 % this year
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Chelle

Chelle

0 % this year
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Chellie

Chellie

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How Popular Is The Name Rachel

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (mainly Bavaria) : probably a topographic name from Middle High German rach ‘rough’, ‘steep’.
  • German : from a pet form of a Slavic personal name (see Rach).
  • German : habitational name from a place called Rachel in Bohemia.
  • French : metronymic from the female Biblical name Rachel, meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew. In the Bible (Genesis 28–35), Rachel is the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

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