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Rachael

What does Rachael mean?

Rachael Pronunciation of Rachael as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and Rachael means "ewe, female sheep". Rachael is an alternate form of Rachel (Hebrew). Biblical: Jacob's wife.

STARTS WITH Ra-

Variations

VARIANTS Rashelle, Rashell

OTHER FORMS VIA RACHEL Racheal, Rachelce, Rachele, Racheli, Rachell, Rachelle, Rachil, Raechel, Raechell, Rahel, Rahil, Rakel, Raquel, Raychel, Rechell

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rachael Anita (R.A.), ..

How popular is Rachael?

Rachael is a very popular first name for women (#406 out of 4276, Top 9%) and a slightly less popular surname for all people (#131366 out of 150436, Top 87%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Rachael reached its peak rank of #111 in the U.S. in the year 1990, and is currently at #1807. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rachael name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rachael outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Rachael (#1807 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) listed in the Top 2000 are Racheal, Rachel (#198), Rachele, Rachell, Rachelle, Raechel and Raquel (#932). Other variants, like Raechell, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Rachael was at its peak 22 years ago (USAGE OF 1.16%) and has become significantly lower since (USAGE 0.12%, DOWN 90.1%), with versions such as Rachelle becoming less stylish.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rachael, Racheal, Rachel, Rachele, Rachell in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rachelle, Raechel, Raquel in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rachael, Rachel outside U.S.

Similar Names

Rachael is pronounced similarly to Richel, Richele, Rochele and Rochell. Other recommended sound-alike names are Jacquel, Jahnel, Michael, Rachana, Rachanna, Racquel, Racquell, Radha, Rafaela, Raffaela, Raffaele, Raisabel, Raizel, Ranae, Raphaela, Raphaella, Raphaelle, Rashana, Rayzel, Rephaela (see Raphaela), Rhae, Richela and Richmal. These names tend to be less commonly used than Rachael.

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