To the person who said that this name is 'murdering' the name Rachel, it's not. This is only a variant of Raquel, which is the Spanish and Portuguese version of Rachel.
-- Anonymous User 12/30/2009
This is my middle name, and personally I've never liked it. My first name is Yvonne, and I always thought it flowed awkwardly together.
People also never seem to spell it right, and when I was little I used to associate it with the word "racquet".