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Raquel

What does Raquel mean?

Raquel Pronunciation of 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
Raquel Dominique (R.D.), ..

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)

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

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

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%).



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

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rachell, Racquel, Rae, Raechel in U.S.

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

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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