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What does Raquel mean?
Raquel ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced rah-KELL. It is of Spanish, Portuguese and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Raquel is "ewe". Variant of Rachel.
STARTS WITH Ra-
Variations
VARIANTS Racquel, Racquell, Raquela, Raquelle, Roquel
RELATIONS VIA RACHEL Rachael▼, Racheal▼, Rachele, Racheli, Rachell, Rachil, Rae, Raechel, Rahel, Rahil, Rakel, Raquella, Rashell, Raychel
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Raquel?
Raquel is a very popular first name for women (#446 out of 4276, Top 10%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#49249 out of 150436, Top 33%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Raquel entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its apex rank of #221 in the U.S. in 1991, and is at #932 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Rachel (#198 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Rae (#1122), Rachael (#1807), Racheal, Rachele, Rachell, Racquel and Raechel are the prominent variation forms of Raquel (#932). Adoption of these forms of Raquel was widespread in the year 1996 (MEDIAN #1143) and has become significantly reduced since (#1562, ▼88.9%).
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Barbel, Batel, Carel, Cariel, Carmel▼, Dael, Darcel, Darel, Darrel, Gael, Gayel, Hadeel, Hazel▼, Jacquel, Jael▲, Jahnel, Janel▼, Janiel, Jannel, Jayel, Karel, Karmel, Lael, Laurel, Mabel▼, Madel, Maidel, Mariel▼, Marvel▼, Maybel, Raedell, Raelee, Raene, Rafaela, Railey, Raine, Rainee, Rainey, Raizel, Raley, Ramee, Ramie, Ramsey, Ranae, Randee, Ranee, Ranique, Raoula, Raoule, Raula, Raven, Rawley, Raye, Rayne▲, Raynee, Raynell, Rayney, Rayven, Rayzel, Raziela, Richel, Riqua, Rondel and Rue. These names tend to be less commonly used than Raquel.
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