Rachael
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning ewe; female sheep; form of Rachel.
Rachael by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Rachael. In the US, 116 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,028 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Rachel
Like Rachael, each of these traces back to Rachel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Raeewe; a form of Rachel121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rachelleewe or lamb; a form of Rachel58 in the US (2017)
- Rechelewe, female sheep; variant of Rachel13 in the US (2017)
- Raquelleewe; a form of Rachel9 in the US (2017)
- Racquelewe; a form of Rachel8 in the US (2017)
- Rahelewe; a form of Rachel6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashelleewe or lamb; a form of Rachel8 in the US (2017)
- Racheleewe lamb; a form of Rachel
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rachael. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rachelewe; a female sheep1,591 in the US (2017)
- Rochelewe, lamb; variant of Rachel94 in the US (2017)
- Rachellewe, lamb; a form of Rachel22 in the US (2017)
- Raheeltraveler or wayfarer19 in the US (2017)
- Ruchelewe or lamb; variant of rachel15 in the US (2017)
- RaphaelaGod has healed; a form of Raphael7 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rachael
Names that are said the same way as Rachael, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Raechelewe, lamb; a form of Rachel5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rachael
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