Usage
The name has been among the five hundred most commonly used names in recent years for newborn girls in France, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom and the United States.Variants
*Rachey, Rahel, Rocha, Rochel, Rochie, Rochale, Rochele, Rochlin, Recha, Reche, Reichil, Rela, Releh, Relin, Reiyelina, Rekel, Rikel, Rikla, Rikle, Rasha, Rashe, Rashi, Rashel, Rachelle, Rashil, Rashka, Rashke * Rashka, Rashke, Slavic-language-influences Ashkenazi JewishIn various languages
* Rachael, Rachelle, Racquel Lansky, Bruce, 100,000+ Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, & up-to-date name book Da Capo Lifelong Books; Revised edition (July 9, 2019), ISBN 978-0-306-922985 * Rachela (People named Rachel
* Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva (1st century) * Rachel (singer), Rachel (born 1942), French singer of the 1960s * Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695), American slave murdered by her owner * Rachel Aaron, American author * Rachel Aberlin, 16th-century Jewish mystic * Rachel Alejandro (born 1974), Filipino singer and actress * Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish celebrity chef * Rachel Amanda (born 1995), Indonesian actress, singer and model * Rachel Ames (born 1929), American actress * Rachel Anderson (born 1943), English journalist and author * Rachel Anderson (football agent), the UK's first female FIFA-licensed agent * Rachel Ankeny, professor of history and philosophy of science at University of Adelaide * Rachel Antonoff (born 1981), American fashion designer * Rachel Attas (1934–2004), Israeli actress and singer * Rokhl Auerbakh (Rachel Auerbach) (1903–1976), Polish-Israeli writer, essayist, historian, and Holocaust scholar * Rachel Azaria (born 1977), Israeli politician * Rachel Tzvia Back, Israeli poet and translator * Rachel Balkovec (born 1987), American baseball manager * Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli author and first lady of Israel * Rachel Bess, American artist * Rachel Bilson (born 1981), American actress * Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress * Rachel Bloom (born 1987), American actress * Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), usually referred to simply as "Rachel", Hebrew-language poet from Palestine * Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth in 1966, American bassist of Skid Row (American band), Skid Row * Rachel Boston (born 1982), American actress and producer * Rachel Brand (born 1973), American lawyer and government official * Rachel Brosnahan (born 1990), American actress * Rachel Brown (born 1980), English footballer * Rachel Caine (1962–2020), American writer * Rachel Cameron (1924–2011), American ballet dancer and teacher * Rachel Campos-Duffy (born 1971), American television personality * Rachel Carns (born 1969), American musician and artist * Rachel Carson (1907–1964), American environmentalist, scientist * Rachel Chalkowski (born 1939), Israeli midwife and gemach organiser * Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange (1679–1745), Scottish woman kidnapped by her husband * Rachel Corrie (1973–2003), American political activist * Rachel Corsie (born 1989), Scottish footballer * Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998), American author * Rachel Covey (born 1998), American actress * Rachel Crow (born 1998), American actress and singer * Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Canadian-born novelist * Rachel Daly (born 1991), English footballer * Rachel Anne Daquis (born 1987), Filipino volleyball player * Rachel David (born 1996), Indian actress * Rachel de Montmorency (1891–1961), English painter and stained glass artist * Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003), Brazilian author, translator, and journalist * Alfreda de Silva, Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter * Rachel Dolezal (born 1977), American former civil rights activist known for falsely claiming to be African American * Rachel Don (1866–1941), New Zealand preacher and activist * Rachel Dratch (born 1966), American actress * Rachel Dror (born 1921), German holocaust survivor * Rachel Eckroth, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist * Rachel Ehrenfeld, American terrorism expert * Rachel Elior (born 1949), Israeli historian and philosopher * Rachel Elkind-Tourre (born 1939), American musician and record producer * Rachel Elnaugh (born 1964), British entrepreneur * Murders of Rachel and Lillian Entwistle, Rachel Entwistle née Souza (1980–2006), American murder victim * Rachel Erickson (born 1999), Canadian curler * Rachel Evans, Welsh chemist * Rachel Held Evans (1981–2019), American writer * Rachel Fabri (born 1985), Maltese singer-songwriter * Rachel Fannan (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, and poet * Rachel Feinstein (artist) (born 1971), American artist * Rachel Feinstein (comedian), American actress and stand-up comedian * Rachel Félix (1821–1858), French actress (born Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known as Mademoiselle Rachel) * Rachel Field, Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942), American poet, novelist and children's fiction writer * Rachel G. Fox (born 1996), American actress and singer * Rachel Freier (born 1965), American judge * Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British singer-songwriter * Rachel Furness (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer * Rachel Garcia (born 1997), American softball player * Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (born 1981), American essayist * Rachel Goswell (born 1971), English singer-songwriter * Rachel Grant (born 1977), English actress and TV presenter * Rachel Griffith (born 1963), British-American economist * Rachel Griffiths (born 1968), Australian actress and director * Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978), American poet, novelist, and photographer * Rachel Gurney (1920–2001), English actress * Rachel Hardiman (born 1961), Irish cricketer * Rachel Harris (born 1979), Australian swimmer * Rachel M. Harter, American statistician * Rachel Haugh, English architect * Rachel Hill (born 1995), American soccer player * Rachel Hilson (born 1995), American actress * Murder of Rachel Hoffman, Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American murder victim * Rachel Hofstetter (born 1992), American video game streamer * Rachel Hollis (born 1983), American author and motivational speaker * Rachel Homan (born 1989), Canadian curler * Rachel Hopkins (born 1972), British Labour MP * Rachel Hopkins (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer * Rachel House (actress) (born 1971), New Zealand actress and director * Rachel Hunter (born 1969), New Zealand supermodel and actress * Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990), British actress * Rachel Ikemeh, Nigerian conservationist * Rachel Imison (born 1978), Australian field hockey player * Rachel Ingalls (1941–2019), American author * Rachel Isaacs, American rabbi * Rachel Isadora (born 1953), American children's author, illustrator, and painter * Rachel Jackson (1767–1828), wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson * Rachel Jacobs (1975–2015), American businesswoman * Rachel Jarry (born 1991), Australian basketball player * Rachel Jewkes, South African scientist * Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British journalist, television presenter, and author * Rachel Johnson (athlete) (born 1993), American track and field athlete * Rachel Jones (disambiguation), Rachel Jones, multiple people * Rachel Joyce (disambiguation), Rachel Joyce, multiple people * Rachel Keller (actress), Rachel Keller (born 1992), American actress * Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), English actress * Rachel Kerr, British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur * Rachel Khoo (born 1980), British cook and writer * Rachel Klamer (born 1990), Dutch triathlete * Rachel E. Klevit, American biochemist * Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), Swiss soloist violinist * Rachel Korine (born 1986), American actress * Rachel Kushner (born 1968), American novelist * Rachel Leah Jones (born 1970), American-Israeli documentary film director and producer * Rachel Levine (born 1957), transgender American assistant secretary of health * Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884–1966), British author and cultural historian writing as G. Rachel Levy * Rachel Lindsay (television personality) (born 1985), American television personality * Rachel Llanes (born 1991), American ice hockey player * Rachel Lloyd (born 1975), British activist * Rachel Lloyd (1839–1900), American chemist * Rachel Luttrell (born 1971), Tanzanian-Canadian actress * Rachel MacNair (born 1958), American sociologist and psychologist * Rachel Maddow (born 1973), American journalist * Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Rachel Meghan Markle (born 1981), Duchess of Sussex and former American actress * Rachel Marsden (born 1974), Canadian political columnist * Rachel McAdams (born 1978), Canadian actress * Rachel McAlpine (born 1940), New Zealand poet, novelist, and playwright * Rachel McCann (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player * Murder of Rachel McLean, Rachel McLean (1971–1991), British murder victim * Rachel McLish (born 1955), American bodybuilder, actress, and author * Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), American horticulturalist, philanthropist, and art collector * Rachel Miner (born 1980), American actress * Rachel Mitchell (born 1967), American attorney * Rachel Morrison (born 1978), American cinematographer and director * Rachel Newton (born 1985), Scottish singer and harpist * Rachel Neylan (born 1982), Australian cyclist * Rachel Nicholls, English opera singer * Rachel Nichols (disambiguation), Rachel Nichols, multiple people * Murder of Rachel Nickell, Rachel Nickell (1968–1992), British murder victim * Rachel Noerdlinger (born 1970), American publicist * Rachel Nordlinger, Australian linguist * Rachel Notley (born 1964), Canadian politician * Rachel O'Reilly, British chemist * Rachel O'Riordan (born 1974), Irish theatre director * Rachel Oakes Preston (1809–1868), American religious figure * Rachel Oliver (born 1971), New Zealand footballer * Rachel Oliver (scientist), British material scientist * Rachel Ong (born 1972), Singaporean politician * Rachel Oniga (1957–2021), Nigerian actress * Rachel Owen (1968–2016), Welsh photographer, printmaker, and lecturer * Rachel Owens (born 1972), American sculptor * Rachel Parish (born 1981), British sportswoman * Rachel Parris (born 1984), English comedian and actress * Rachel Parsons (disambiguation), Rachel Parsons, multiple people * Rachel Paulose (born 1973), American attorney *Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (1881 – ''died after'' 1932), British feminist and suffragette * Rachel Perkins (born 1970), Australian director, producer, and screenwriter * Rachel Peters (born 1991), Miss Universe Philippines 2017 * Rachel Platten (born 1981), American singer and songwriter * Rachel Pollack (born 1945), American science fiction writer, comic book writer, and tarot expert * Rachel Portman (born 1960), British composer * Rachel Potter (born 1984), American singer and actress * Rachel Justine Pries, American mathematician * Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Canadian writer * Rachel Quon (born 1991), American-Canadian soccer player * Rachel Rath (born 1976), Irish actress * Rachel Reeves (born 1979), British MP for the Labour Party * Rachel Reilly (born 1984), American television personality and actress * Rachel Reinert (born 1989), American country singer and songwriter * Rachel Riley (born 1986), British television presenter * Rachel Roberts (disambiguation), Rachel Roberts, multiple people * Rachel Robinson (born 1922), American professor and nurse * Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, American politician * Rachel Rose (born 1970), Canadian poet, essayist, and short story writer * Rachel Rose (artist) (born 1986), American artist * Rachel Rossi (born 1983), American criminal justice lawyer * Rachel Roy (born 1974), American fashion designer * Rachel Scott (1981–1999), a victim in the Columbine High School massacre *Rachel Scott (women's education reformer) née Cook (1848–1905), British women's education reformer, promoted equality for women * Rachel Sebati (born 1993), South African footballer * Rachel Irene Seibert (1876–1967), American clubwoman * Rachel Sennott (born 1995), American actress and comedian * Rachel Shelley (born 1969), English actress and model * Rachel Shenton, English actress and screenwriter * Rachel Shoaf (born 1996), American convicted of murder in 2013 * Rachel Smith (born 1985), Miss USA 2007 * Rachel Smith (gymnast) (born 1993), British rhythmic gymnast * Rachel Stephens (1930–2011), American actress * Rachel Stevens (born 1978), English pop singer, best known as a member of the band S Club 7 * Rachel Stevens (sculptor), American sculptor * Rachel Stuart (born 1972), Jamaican-Canadian model and actress * Rachel Sutherland (born 1976), New Zealand field hockey player * Rachel Sweet (born 1962), American producer, singer, and actress * Rachel Talalay (born 1958), American director and producer * Rachel Talbot Ross (born 1961), American politician and activist * Rachel Thomas (disambiguation), Rachel Thomas, multiple people * Rachel Ticotin (born 1958), American film and television actress * Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993), American rock singer and drummer * Rachel Treweek (born 1963), British Anglican bishop * Rachel True (born 1968), American actress * Rachel Tucker (born 1981), Northern Irish musical theatre actress, and singer * Rachel Uchitel (born 1975), American nightclub manager and television personality * Rachel Unitt (born 1982), English footballer * Rachel Vail (born 1966), American author * Rachel Vallarelli, American lacrosse player * Rachel van Cutsen (born 1984), Dutch badminton player * Rachel van Dantzig (1878–1949), Dutch sculptor * Rachel Van Hollebeke (born 1985), American soccer player * Rachel Veltri (born 1978), American actress * Rachel Viollet (born 1972), British tennis player * Rachel Wacholder (born 1975), American professional beach volleyball player * Rachel Wade (born 1990), American teenager convicted of murder * Rachel Walker (disambiguation), several people * Rachel Ward (born 1957), English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter * Rachel Ward (mathematician), American applied mathematician * Rachel Weisz (born 1970), British actress * Rachel Whetstone (born 1968), British public relations executive * Rachel White (disambiguation), Rachel White, multiple people * Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), English sculptor * Rachel Williams (born 1967), American model and television presenter * Rachel Williams (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer * Rachel DeLoache Williams (born 1988), American writer * Rachel Willis-Sørensen (born 1984), American opera singer * Rachel O. Wingate (c. 1901–1953), English linguist * Rachel Yakar (born 1938), French opera singer * Rachel Yang (born 1982), Singaporean pole vaulter * Rachel Yankey (born 1979), English footballer * Rachel Yehuda (born 1959), American psychiatrist and neuroscientist * Rachel Yeoh, Malaysian socialite and model * Rachel York (born 1971), American actress and singer * Rachel Yurkovich (born 1986), American javelin thrower * Rachel Z, American pianist and keyboardist * Rachel Zadok (born 1972), South African writer * Rachel Zajac, New Zealand forensic psychologist * Rachel Zeffira, Canadian singer * Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer * Rachel Zilberberg (1920–1943), Polish resistance fighter during World War II * Rachel Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian space scientist and inventor * Rachel Zoe (born 1971), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and writer * Rachel Zolf (born 1968), Canadian-American poet * Rachel Zucker (born 1971), American poetPeople named Rachael
* Hecate (musician) (born 1976), born Rachael Kozak, Swiss music producer * Murder of Rachael Anderson, Rachael Anderson (died 2018), American female murder victim * Rachael Bella (born 1984), American actress, best known for her role in the 2002 film ''The Ring'' * Rachael Blackmore (born 1989), Irish jockey * Rachael Blake (born 1971), Australian actress * Rachael Bland (1978–2018), Welsh BBC newsreader * Rachael Boyle (born 1991), Scottish footballer * Rachael Carpani (born 1980), Australian actress * Rachael Denhollander (born 1984), American lawyer, former gymnast and survivor * Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979), American actress * Rachael Finch (born 1988), Miss Universe Australia 2009, 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009 * Rachael Flatt (born 1992), American figure skater * Rachael Grinham (born 1977), Australian squash player * Rachael Harris (born 1968), American actress and comedian * Rachael Heyhoe Flint (1939–2017), English cricketer * Rachael Lampa (born 1985), American singer/songwriter best known for her work in the anime series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' * Rachael MacFarlane (born 1976), American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane * Rachael McLaren, Canadian dancer * Rachael Price (born 1985), American jazz vocalist and lead vocalist of the band Lake Street Dive * Rachael Ray (born 1968), American celebrity chef and television personality * Rachael Runyan (1979–1982), American Murder of Rachael Runyan, murder victim * Rachael Sage, American songwriter * Rachael Scdoris (born 1985), blind American dog musher and cross country runner * Rachael Sporn (born 1968), Australian female basketball player * Rachael Stirling (born 1977), British actress best known for the BBC drama ''Tipping the Velvet'' * Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, American epidemiologist and dietitian * Rachael Taylor (born 1984), Australian actress * Rachael Yamagata (born 1977), American singer-songwriterPeople named Rachelle
* Rachelle Leah (born 1984), American model * Rachelle Lefevre (born 1979), Canadian actress * Rachelle Ann Go (born 1986), Filipina singer * Rachelle Ferrell (born 1964), American vocalist and musicianPeople named Rahel
* Rahel Graf (born 1989), Swiss footballer * Rahel Indermaur (born 1980), Swiss opera singer * Rahel Jaeggi (born 1967), German philosopher * Rahel Kiwic (born 1991), Swiss footballer * Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833), German writer * Rahel Vigdozchik (born 1989), Israeli rhythmic gymnastPeople named Rachele
* Rachele Bruni (born 1990), Italian swimmer * Rachele Fogar (born 1991), Italian model and television personality * Rachele Lynae (born 1988), American country rock singer * Rachele Mussolini (1890–1979), wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini * Rachele Sangiuliano (born 1981), Italian volleyball playerPeople named Rakel or Raakel
* Rakel Liehu (born 1939), Finnish writerFictional characters named Rachel (or variants thereof)
* Rachael, a character in ''Hard Times (novel), Hard Times.'' *See also
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