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Rachel name meaning

“ewe”

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
R
Origin
Hebrew
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2000s: 7.9%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s7.9%
2010s–

Hebrew origin

Rachel is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning 'ewe'.

What does Rachel mean?

Ewe

In Malay: bebiri betina

Sources (1)

About the name Rachel

Rachel comes from Hebrew Raḥel (רָחֵל), meaning 'ewe'. In the Old Testament Rachel is the favourite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. JPN records show it peaking in the 2000s with 1,158 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginHebrew
SyllablesRa-chel

Rachel in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 1,158 · 7.9%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Rachel as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Rachel · behindthename.com · meaning

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