Râchel
surname · Latin script
Râchel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 493,726 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2020, which ranks it 90th. In Libya it is the 34th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (Rāḥēl). Râchel is also written ራሔል in Ethiopic, 라헬 in Korean (Hangul) and Ραχηλ in Greek.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 460(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 490
- ILIsrael≈1 in 510
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Râchel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #294 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 649 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 457 (inferred from the name graph)
493,726 people, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Râchel in other scripts: Ethiopic, Korean (Hangul), Greek and 2 more
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rachel in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more, Rahel in TZ Tanzania and ራሔል in ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Ancient GreekῬαχήλRhakhḗl(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewרָחֵלRāḥēl(measured from records)
From Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (Rāḥēl)
Cited for this meaning 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Râchel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #138 | 493,726 | 1 in 674 | 493K | Rachel | 649 |
| GB United Kingdom | #82 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 457 | 63 | Rachel | 398 |
| ET Ethiopia | #178 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | ራሔል | 34 |
| PH Philippines | #299 | ≈99,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Rachel | 161 |
| TZ Tanzania | #128 | ≈90,000 est. | ≈1 in 765 | — | Rahel | 42 |
| AU Australia | #84 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 486 | 106 | Rachel | 307 |
| IL Israel | #829 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 509 | — | Rachel | 135 |
| NZ New Zealand | #72 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 568 | — | Rachel | 209 |
| LY Libya | #34 | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | Rachel | 10 |
493,726 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Râchel mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (Rāḥēl) Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 5 other sources.
- Which countries have the most people named Râchel?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 494 thousand people named Râchel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rachel. After it come United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Philippines and Tanzania; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Râchel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 493,726 people named Râchel in 2020, about 1 in 674 residents.
- How common is Râchel compared with other names?
- In the United States, Râchel is the 138th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/r%C3%A2chelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Râchel” — ranked 90th in the United States (Census Bureau, 2020). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.