Rachèl

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rachèl is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Libya it is the 34th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (Rāḥēl).

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 501(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 505
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 549

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100,000 people, est.

#294 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
649 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 501 (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RachèlLatin(measured from records)
ራሔልEthiopic(measured from records)
라헬Hangul(measured from records)
ΡαχηλGreek(measured from records)
ราเฮลThai(measured from records)
রেচেলBengali(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 5 more and Rahel in ID Indonesia.

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)

Derivation of Rachèl: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rachèl
  1. Ancient GreekῬαχήλRhakhḗl(measured from records)
  2. Biblical HebrewרָחֵלRāḥēl(measured from records)

From Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (Rāḥēl)

Sources 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 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rachèl 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.

Where Rachèl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,100,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Rachel78
US United States#138493,7261 in 674493KRachel649
GB United Kingdom#82≈130,000 est.≈1 in 50163Rachel398
ID Indonesia—≈120,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Rahel99
PH Philippines#299≈77,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Rachel161
AU Australia#84≈50,000 est.≈1 in 505106Rachel307
IL Israel#829≈16,000 est.≈1 in 549—Rachel135
NZ New Zealand#72≈8,100 est.≈1 in 611—Rachel209
LY Libya#34≈7,900 est.≈1 in 870—Rachel10

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rachèl is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Philippines

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Rachel, Rachël, Rachél, Rächël, 'Rachel

  • English given name135 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, Thai

    Also written Rachael, Rachelle, Rachel, Raquel, Рахель

  • Polish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Rachel, Râçhḗl

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rachèl 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.
Is Rachèl a male or female name?
Rachèl is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rachèl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Rachèl in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rachel.
How common is the name Rachèl?
In the United States, the national register counted 493,726 people named Rachèl in 2020, about 1 in 674 residents.
How common is Rachèl compared with other names?
In Libya, Rachèl is the 34th most common given name of 8,449 given names recorded there.

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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, “Rachèl” — the 34th most common given name in Libya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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