Rachel

Rachel
The Biblical Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Pronunciation	RAY-chəl (English), ra-SHEL (French)
Gender	Female
Meaning	ewe, one with purity
Origin	Hebrew
Nicknames	Rae
Related names	Rachael, Rae, Rahel, Rahela, Raquel, Ruchel
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Rachel "

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Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, Standard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl‎; also spelled Rachael, meaning "ewe", 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.^[1]

Variants

• Rakul (Faroese)
• Raakel (Finnish)
• Raechel (English)
• Rachael (English)
• Racheal (English)
• Rachela (Polish)
• Rachele (Italian)
• Rachelle (English)
• Rachyl (English)
• Racquel (English)
• Rae (English)
• Raelene (English)
• Raelyn (English)
• Raghnailt (Irish Gaelic)
• Ráhel (Hungarian)
• Rahel (German, Hebrew, Polish)
• Rahela (Hawaiian, Romanian)
• Rahil (Russian)
• Ráichéal (Irish Gaelic)
• Rakel (Scandinavian)
• Rakhil (Russian)
• Rakhila (Russian)
• Raquel (Portuguese, Spanish)
• Rashel (Russian)
• Rashka (Hebrew)
• Rashke (Hebrew)
• Raschelle (English)
• Rechell (Hebrew)
• Ruchel (Yiddish)

People named Rachel

• Rachel Herranz, la pawetona mas wapetona de todas las cherponas
• Rachel, in the Bible, the wife of Jacob
• Rachel (actress), 19th-century France (Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Rachel)
• Rachel Aldana, model
• 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 Kennedy, Our Town actress
• Rachel Maddow, American journalist
• Rachel McAdams, Canadian 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

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Fictional characters named Rachel

• Rachel Berry, a character in the television series Glee
• Rachel Mason, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the hit BBC drama of the same name; deemed most popular character.
• 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 movie 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 Kinski, a character in the Australian TV show Neighbours
• Rachel Moore, 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 movie Blade Runner
• Rachel Austen, a character in It Hurt to Be Strong
• Rachel Brown, a character in the play "Inherit the Wind"

See also

• List of all articles beginning with Rachel

References

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