Rahel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Rachel (biblical character)

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

Rahel 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.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 853(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 501as Rachel
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 505as Rachel

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 Rahel 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100,000 named Rachel, 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 853 (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RachelLatin(measured from records)
ራሔልEthiopic(measured from records)
라헬Hangul(measured from records)
ΡαχηλGreek(measured from records)
ราเฮลThai(measured from records)
রেচেলBengali(measured from records)

Locally spelled Rachel in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more.

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)

Rachel (biblical character)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rahel 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 Rahel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,100,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Rachel78
US United States#138493,726as Rachel1 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
TZ Tanzania#128≈69,000 est.≈1 in 853—Rahel42
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)

Rahel is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Brazil, Tanzania

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Řahel, Rähel, Ràhél, Raḥél, Raḥel

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Raḥel, Rāḥēl, Rāḥél, Ráheľ, Ráhel

  • Turkish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Sweden, United States, Ethiopia

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Raḥel

  • Bangla given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Bangla, Odia

    Also written রাহেল, Raḥel, Raahel

  • Hebrew given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Morocco, Qatar, Romania

    Also written רחל, Rachel, רייצ'ל, ראכל, רכל

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Switzerland, United States, Tanzania

    Also written Ráheľ

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Switzerland, United States, Tanzania

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Raḥel

35 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rahel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Rahel Vamhagen von Ense, deutsche Schriftstellerin

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • In Estonian, a female given name of biblical origin, variant of Raahel (“Rachel”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, b. 1771Rahel Hirsch, b. 1870Rahel Straus, b. 1880Rahel Sanzara, b. 1894Felice Schragenheim, b. 1922Rahel Jaeggi, b. 1966Rahel Azaria, b. 1977Rahel Frey, b. 1986Rahel Vigdozchik, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 66 sources across 34 countries.

Official registers attesting Rahel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.2K#6,916
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202049#6,916
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202513—
AU AustraliaSA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)19991—
GB United KingdomNISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)2024——

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Rahel mean, and where does it come from?
Rachel (biblical character) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Rahel a male or female name?
Rahel 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.
What are other forms of the name Rahel?
In the etymology graph, Rachel, Raquel and Rachael are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Rahel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Rachel in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Rahel?
In the United States, the national register counted 493,726 people named Rachel in 2020, about 1 in 674 residents.
How common is Rahel compared with other names?
In Libya, Rahel 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, “Rahel” — the 34th most common given name in Libya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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