For other people with an alternate spelling, see Rachel (given name).
| Rachael | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | Ewe, possibly "rose" or "lovely", "mother of all" |
| Language of Origin | Hebrew |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
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Rachael (pronounced ray-chel) is a given name for a female. It is a variant of Rachel, which is derived from the Hebrew name רָחֵל.
Notable people with the name Rachael
- Ana Voog, born Rachael Olson, an American singer-songwriter, artist, and writer
- 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 (Australian actress), actress in the 2003 movie Perfect Strangers
- Rachael Leigh Cook, an American actress, best known for her role in the film She's All That
- Rachael Flatt, a young American figure skater
- Rachael Grinham, a professional squash player from Australia
- Rachael Harris, an American actress and comedian
- Rachael Henley, a British actress, whose only appearance has been in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, probably the best known female cricketer in England
- 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 who wrote songs
- 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
In Fiction
- Rachael, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Rachel Moore, a character from Case Closed/Detective Conan
- Rachael, the beautiful replicant with false memories in Blade Runner, a 1982 film; named Rachel Rosen in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the Philip K. Dick novel on which the film is based.
- Rachel, a character imbued with religious symbolism in the last section of Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz.
- Rachels, an informal term for the Handmaids, a social caste in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale.
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