Also Judeo-French and Judeo-Anglo-Norman. Source: Seror, Simon "Les noms des femmes juives en Angleterre au Moyen Âge".
― Anonymous User 4/12/2021
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Last year (2020) no baby girls in Poland were given the name Rachel as either first or middle, but 300 women in the whole country had this name, and 191 had it as a middle name.
― Anonymous User 3/16/2021
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Close to the surname Herschel, also translated to Raonaid in Scottish, which is a very unusual variant.
― Anonymous User 8/26/2019
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I’ve definitely seen this spelled RaquelA diminutive of the Hebrew/Yiddish is Rachelli (this is with the Jewish Chet sound (h/ch/kh)
In 2018, 19 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Rachel who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 90th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/8/2018
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My name is Rachel and I like that name. I am very religious so I think that it is a good name for me. I like that it is a biblical name. And it also has a meaning of a female lamb.