Rachel


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
892 famous people named Rachel found on Wikipedia.
564485 female, 1791 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 198-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 9-th in year 1996
Used in: Biblical, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew

Meanings

A female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “lamb.”.

Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, Standard Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl‎‎), Arabic: راحیل, Rāḥīl‎‎); 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, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia as well as in Israel. According to United States Social Security card applications in 2005, the name Rachel ranked 38th out of the top 100 names chosen by parents for their baby girls. Statistics for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics show a decline in popularity of the name: it was the 9th most popular name given to baby girls in 1984, but only 235th in 2014.

Fem. proper name, biblical daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob, from Late Latin, from Greek Rhakhel, from Hebrew (Semitic) Rahel, literally "ewe" (compare Arabic rahil, Aramaic rahla, Akkadian lahru, a metathesized form).

Little ewe, female sheep in Hebrew.

Famous People: 892 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Rachel McAdams 1978 Canadian actress
2 Rachel Weisz 1970 English actress
3 Rachel Bilson 1981 American actress
4 Rachel Maddow 1973 American journalist
5 Rachel Platten 1981 American singer and songwriter
6 Rachel Riley 1986 Television presenter
7 Rachel Bloom 1987 American actress, comedian
8 Rachel Roy 1974 American fashion designer
9 Rachel Dolezal 1977 American civil rights activist
10 Rachel Miner 1980 American actress
11 Rachel Hunter 1969 New Zealand model and actress
12 Rachel Scott 1981 American murder victim
13 Rachel Green 1971 Fictional character from American TV SitCom Friends
14 Rachel Griffiths 1968 Actress
15 Rachel Brosnahan 1990 American actress
16 Rachel Carson 1907 American marine biologist and conservationist
17 Rachel Dratch 1966 American actress and comedian
18 Rachel Blanchard 1976 Canadian actress
19 Rachel Uchitel 1975 American nightclub manager, hostess, and TV correspondent
20 Rachel Ticotin 1958 Actress
21 Rachel Khoo 1980 Television chef
22 Rachel Nichols 1973 American sports journalist
23 Rachel Hurd-Wood 1990 English actress and model
24 Rachel Stevens 1978 English singer, actress
25 Rachel Robinson 1922 American activist
26 Rachel True 1966 American actress
27 Rachel Dawes Fictional character throughout the DC Universe
28 Rachel Skarsten 1985 Canadian actress
29 Rachel Campos-Duffy 1971 American television personality
30 Rachel Boston 1982 American actress and producer
31 Rachel House 1971 New Zealand actress and director
32 Rachel Korine 1986 American actress
33 Rachel Zoe 1971 Fashion stylist, author
34 Rachel Shelley 1969 British actress
35 Rachel Keller 1991
36 Rachel Johnson 1965 British journalist
37 Rachel Crow 1998 Actress and singer from the United States
38 Rachel Jackson 1767 First Lady of the United States
39 Rachel Corrie 1979 American anti-war and human rights activist
40 Rachel Melvin 1985 American actress
41 Rachel Notley 1964 17th Premier of Alberta
42 Rachel DiPillo 1991 American actor and television actor
43 Rachel Berry 1994
44 Rachel Kum 1985 Singaporean model
45 Rachel Homan 1989 Canadian curler
46 Rachel Owen 1968 British photographer, printmaker and academic expert on medieval Italian literature
47 Rachel Reilly 1984 Big Brother 12 (U.S.) contestant and Big Brother 13 (U.S.) winner
48 Rachel Wade 1990 American murderer
49 Rachel Schofield 1976 English journalist
50 Rachel Luttrell 1971 Canadian actress
51 Rachel Kempson 1910 British actress
52 Rachel Bolan 1966 Musician, Song writer/Composer, Producer
53 Rachel Hilbert 1995 American fashion model
54 Rachel Talalay 1958 American screen director and producer
55 Rachel Roberts 1978 Canadian actor and model
56 Rachel Potter 1984 American singer songwriter
57 Rachel Ryan 1961 American pornographic actress
58 Rachel Burden 1975 British radio presenter
59 Rachel Elnaugh 1964 British entrepreneur
60 Rachel Leskovac 1976 British actress
61 Rachel Tucker 1981 Northern Irish actor
62 Rachel Bay Jones
63 Rachel Goswell 1971 British singer-songwriter
64 Rachel McLish 1955 American bodybuilder
65 Rachel Levin 1995
66 Rachel Whiteread 1963 British sculptor
67 Rachel Ann Daquis 1987 Filipino volleyball player
68 Rachel Lambert Mellon 1910 American horticulturalist and philanthropist
69 Rachel Friend 1970 Australian actress
70 Rachel Whetstone 1968 British politician
71 Rachel Portman 1960 British composer
72 Rachel Shenton 1987 British actress
73 Rachel Smith 1985 American model, television personality
74 Rachel Allen 1972 Irish celebrity chef
75 Rachel Ames 1929 American soap opera actor, Emmy winner
76 Rachel G. Fox 1996 American actress and singer
77 Rachel Ramras 1975 Voice actor and television writer
78 Rachel Kimsey 1978 American actress
79 Rachel Chagall 1952 American actress
80 Rachel Ashley 1964 American actress
81 Rachel Wilson 1977 Actress
82 Rachel Hazes 1970
83 Rachel Christie 1989 British athlete
84 Rachel Reeves 1979 British politician
85 Rachel Specter 1980 American actress
86 Rachel Brand
87 Rachel Yankey 1979 English international association football player
88 Rachel Shabi Israeli writer
89 Rachel York 1971 American actress and singer
90 Rachel Barton Pine 1974 American musician
91 Rachel Wyse 1985 Sports presenter and equestrian
92 Rachel De Thame 1961 British gardener and television presenter
93 Rachel Sweet 1962 American singer
94 Rachel Haden 1971 American musician
95 Cruze, Rachel 1989
96 Rachel Kinski
97 Rachel Cusk 1967 British writer
98 Rachel Blakely 1968 Australian actress
99 Rachel Chan 1995
100 Rachel Atherton 1987 English racing cyclist
101 Rachel Grant 1977 Filipino-born British actress, TV host, writer, humanitarian and social entrepreneur
102 Rachel Viccaji Pakistani female singer
103 Rachel Covey 1998 American actress
104 Rachel Martin American journalist
105 Rachel Antonoff
106 Rachel Ruysch 1664 Painter from the Northern Netherlands
107 Rachel Marsden 1974 Journalist
108 Rachel Held Evans 1981 American writer
109 Rachel Fuller 1973 British composer
110 Rachel Davies British actress
111 Rachel Perry 1976 Canadian television personality
112 Rachel Gurney 1920 English actress
113 Rachel Fury 1961 Singer, known for her work backing Pink Floyd
114 Allyn Rachel American actress
115 Rachel Rhodes 1993 American singer and model
116 Rachel Daly 1991 English footballer
117 Rachel McDowall 1984 British actress
118 Rachel Caine 1962 American writer
119 Rachel Gowey 1997 American artistic gymnast
120 Rachel Abbott 1952 English author
121 Rachel Bluwstein 1890 Israeli poet
122 Rachel Mackley 1982 Meteorologist and broadcaster
123 Rachel Summerlyn 1986 American wrestler
124 Rachel Gordon 1976 Australian actress
125 Rachel Armstrong
126 Rachel Dennison 1959 American actress and singer
127 Rachel Whitear 1979 British victim of drugs overdose
128 Rachel Rice 1984 Reality show winner and actor
129 Rachel Peters
130 Rachel Kushner 1968 Writer from the United States
131 Rachel Trachtenburg 1993 American musician
132 Rachel Plummer 1819 American writer
133 Rachel Cole-Alves
134 Rachel Bell 1950 British actress
135 Rachel Treweek 1963 Bishop of Gloucester
136 Rachel Field 1894 Novelist, poet, children's author
137 Rachel van Hollebeke 1985 National Women's Soccer League defender and US national team member
138 Rachel Coleman 1974 American actress
139 Rachel Stuart 1972 Canadian model
140 Rachel Alejandro 1974 Filipino singer and actress
141 Rachel Sylvester 1969 British journalist
142 Rachel Rosenthal 1926 French artist
143 Rachel Sermanni 1991 Singer
144 Rachel Joyce 1962 British writer
145 Rachel Reenstra 1970 American actress
146 Rachel Brice 1972 Popular American belly dancer and innovator of the Tribal Fusion style
147 Rachel McKenna
148 Cinthya Rachel 1980 Brazilian actor and journalist
149 Rachel Perkins 1970 Australian film director
150 Rachel Hayward Canadian actress
151 Rachel Bradley
152 Rachel Roxxx 1983 American pornographic actress
153 Rachel Cohn 1968 American writer
154 Rachel Morrison 1978 American cinematographer
155 Rachel James 1988 Racing cyclist
156 Rachel Pollack 1945 Author
157 Rachel Kramer Bussel 1975 American writer
158 Rachel Saint 1914 American linguist
159 Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange 1679 Abducted Scottish aristocrat
160 Rachel Rosier 1990 Dutch television presenter
161 Rachel Selina Reynolds 1838 Social worker, community leader
162 Rachel David Canadian television host, broadcaster, and journalist
163 Rachel Freier 1966 American judge and community activist
164 Rachel Pickup 1973 British actress
165 Rachel Cory Hutchins
166 Rachel Vincent 1978 American novelist
167 Rachel Ruto 1968
168 Rachel Zeffira Canadian-born soprano, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
169 Rachel Aaron Science fiction and fantasy writer
170 Rachel Feinstein 1971 Sculptor
171 Rachel Haot Entrepreneur
172 Rachel Pilkington Irish actress
173 Rachel Bright 1985 British actress
174 Rachel Sklar 1972 Canadian lawyer
175 Rachel O'Riordan Irish theatre director
176 Rachel Wall American female pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
177 Rachel Podger 1968 British musician
178 Rachel Beer 1858 British newspaper editor
179 Rachel Z 1962 American jazz pianist
180 Rachel Gibson 1961 American writer
181 Rachel Goslins 1969 Lawyer, film producer, film director, government official
182 Rachel Williams 1988 English international association football player
183 Rachel Banham 1993 American basketball player
184 Rachel Unitt 1982 English international association football defender
185 Rachel Horne Television presenter
186 Rachel Hughes
187 Rachel Ripani 1975
188 Rachel Grady Documentary film director
189 Rachel Cooke 1969 British journalist
190 Rachel Blumberg American musician
191 Rachel Ter Horst 1973 Adult model, singer, actress
192 Rachel Bootsma 1993 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
193 Rachel Bailey Fictional character in the English television series Scott & Bailey
194 Rachel Corsie 1989 Scottish footballer
195 Rachel Chalkowski 1939
196 Rachel McFarlane 1971 British singer
197 Rachel Starr 1983 American pornographic actress
198 Rachel Chavkin
199 Rachel Abrams 1951 American writer, editor, and artist
200 Rachel Mwanza 1997 Congolese actor