Rachel (given name)

Rachel (given name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Rachel


imagesize=200
caption=The Biblical Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
pronunciation=Ray-chel
gender = female
meaning = "ewe" "Boss of all bosses"
region =
nickname =
origin = Hebrew
related names = Rachael, Rae, Rahel, Rahela, Raquel, Ruchel
footnotes =

Rachel (Hebrew: רחל, 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.

Variants

*Rakul (Faroese)
*Raakel (Finnish)
*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, in the Bible, the wife of Jacob
*Rachel (actress), 19th-century France (Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known only as Rachel)
*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 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 Trachtenburg, American rock singer and drummer
*Rachel True, actress
*Rachel Weisz, actress
*Rachel York, actress

Fictional characters named Rachel

*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

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