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Rachel
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rachel Ráchel Rachêl
English
Alternative forms
en Rachael Rachelle Rach
Etymology
en la-lat Rāchēl, from en grc Ῥαχήλ, from en hbo רָחֵל rāḫēl ewe. en Raquel.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/ RP,GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rachel.wav Southern England
en eɪtʃəl 2
en Ra chel
Proper noun
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en Q207389en biblical character Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.
Genesis 29 16 18 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
en female Hebrew.
1849 The Massachusetts Teacher, Massachusetts Teachers' Association, Vol. 2,page 26, January 1849:
Rachel is another modest, nun-like name, of the same order as Judith, and has the appropriate signification of a lamb.
en 1979 w:Doris Lessing Shikasta 293 Knopf 1979 0394507320 She keeps saying, You are mistaken Rachel. She says my name in that heavy earnest way. The Jewish Ra-chel. I like my name like that. I have always been pleased when people said Ra-chel. But when she says it, it is as if she was taking me over. Through my name.
en 2010 Rob Sachs What Would Rob Do? John Wiley & Sons 0470457732 I recognize that a name like Rachel goes against my whole "ordering a different dish from everyone else at the table" rule, but sometimes you really want a steak, and that's exactly what you should get. I love the name we gave our daughter. It's not dorky, not too whimsical, and not too stuck-up. To us it sounded sweet, sporty, smart, and beautiful. It also works well with Sachs.
en Francesca Street Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/flight-canceled-then-she-met-her-future-wife 2023-08-18 When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions. https://web.archive.org/web/20240413120231/https://www.cnn.com/travel/flight-canceled-then-she-met-her-future-wife
en CDP co/Lincoln County s/Nevada c/US ; named for the first baby born in the town.
en CDP co/Marion County s/West Virginia c/US ; named for the daughter of a local mine owner.
Derived terms
en Finchel
Translations
younger daughter of Laban
Afrikaans: af Ragel
Aghwan: xag 𐕙𐔰𐕣𐔴𐔾
Amharic: am ራሔል
Arabic: ar رَاحِيل f
Aramaic: arc ܪܳܚܶܝܠ raHeyl
Armenian: hy Ռաքել
Old Armenian: xcl Ռաքէլ, xcl Հռաքէլ
Bulgarian: bg Рахи́л f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉結 Lājié, cmn 辣黑耳 Làhēi'ěr Catholic
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Rahilu
Czech: cs Ráchel
Danish: da Rakel
Dutch: nl Rachel
Esperanto: eo Raĥel
Estonian: et Raahel
Finnish: fi Raakel
French: fr Rachel
German: de Rachel, de Rahel
Greek: el Ραχήλ
Gujarati: gu રાહેલ f
Hausa: ha Rahila
Hawaiian: haw Rāhela
Hebrew: he רָחֵל f rāḥēl
Hindi: hi राहेल f
Hungarian: hu Ráchel
Icelandic: is Rakel
Italian: it Rachele
Japanese: ja ラケル Rakeru
Kazakh: kk Рахила
Korean: ko 라헬
Lithuanian: lt Rachelė f
Malay: ms Rahel
Māori: mi Rāhera
Norwegian: no Rakel
Polish: pl Rachela
Portuguese: pt Raquel
Russian: ru Рахи́ль f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Rachel f
Spanish: es Raquel
Swahili: sw Raheli
Swedish: sv Rakel
Tigrinya: ti ራሔል
Turkish: tr Rahel f
Ukrainian: uk Рахиль f
Yiddish: yi רחל f Rokhl
female given name
Amharic: am ራሔል
Bulgarian: bg Ре́йчъл f transliteration from English
Catalan: ca Raquel f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蕾切爾
Danish: da Rakel
Estonian: et Raili
Galician: gl Raquel f
Greek: el Ρέιτσελ transliteration from English
Greenlandic: kl Alaakkilli
Hausa: ha Rahila
Hawaiian: haw Lāhela
Hebrew: he רָחֵל f Raḥél
Hindi: hi रेचल f
Hungarian: hu Ráchel
Icelandic: is Rakel
Irish: ga Ráchael f
Māori: mi Rāhera
Norman: nrf Râché f
Portuguese: pt Raquel
Russian: ru Рэ́йчел f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Raonaid f, gd Raghnaid f
Spanish: es Raquel
Swahili: sw Raheli
Tigrinya: ti ራሔል
Yiddish: yi רחל f rokhl
Noun
en Rachel sandwich.
Anagrams
en acehlr Lacher
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Rachel.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
f
en Rachel biblical figure
fr female
Anagrams
fr lâcher
fr Biblical characters
German
Alternative forms
de Rahel preferred as a given name, though also infrequent
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁaxəl/
de De-Rachel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
Rachel biblical figure
de female rare
Declension
f,s:n.gen:s:-[with an article]
de Biblical characters
Latin
Etymology
la Rāchēl :bor grc:Ῥαχήλ<ety:uder<hbo:רָחֵל<tr:Rāḥēl>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Rāchēl yes
Proper noun
Rāchēl<3> f
la female Hebrew
Declension
Rāchēl<3>
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
gd /ˈrˠaxəl/
Proper noun
f -eil
en Rachel biblical figure
See also
gd Raonaid, gd Raghnaid woman's name often Anglicized as Rachel
gd Biblical characters