Definitions for Rachel
ˈreɪ tʃəlrachel

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1. Rachelnoun

   (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

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1. Rachelnoun

   Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

2. Rachelnoun

   A female given name from Hebrew.

   Rachel is another modest, nun-like name, of the same order as Judith, and has the appropriate signification of a lamb.

3. Rachelnoun

   A census-designated place in Nevada, United States; named for the first baby born in the town.

4. Rachelnoun

   A census-designated place in West Virginia, United States; named for the daughter of a local mine owner.

5. Etymology: From Late Latin Rachel, from Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél, " ewe").

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1. Rachel

   Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל‎, romanized: Rāḥêl, lit. 'ewe') was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife; their mother was Adinah. Her aunt Rebecca was Jacob's mother.

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1. Rachel

   Rachel is a female given name derived from the Hebrew name "רָחֵל" (Rāḥēl), meaning "ewe" or "lamb." It has been a popular name worldwide and is often associated with qualities such as beauty, compassion, and wisdom.

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1. Rachel

   Rachel as described in the Bible, is the favorite wife of Jacob, one of the three Biblical Patriarchs, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She was the daughter of Laban and the younger sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife. Jacob was her first cousin, and she was the youngest niece of Rebekah.

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1. rachel

   Song lyrics by rachel -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by rachel on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. RACHEL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rachel is ranked #12837 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rachel surname appeared 2,398 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rachel.
   
   69.3% or 1,664 total occurrences were White.
   23.2% or 557 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 78 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Old Testament
   • Wife

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rachel' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4115

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1789","3"],["1810","7"],["1825","7"],["1832","1"],["1839","1"],["1842","1"],["1843","7"],["1844","1"],["1845","2"],["1847","2"],["1849","1"],["1851","1"],["1852","2"],["1854","4"],["1856","1"],["1857","2"],["1858","2"],["1859","2"],["1860","7"],["1861","1"],["1862","6"],["1864","1"],["1865","6"],["1867","11"],["1868","18"],["1869","1"],["1870","2"],["1871","8"],["1873","2"],["1875","1"],["1876","1"],["1877","2"],["1878","2"],["1883","4"],["1884","1"],["1885","2"],["1887","1"],["1888","1"],["1889","2"],["1890","1"],["1891","1"],["1892","2"],["1893","1"],["1894","8"],["1895","5"],["1901","1"],["1902","6"],["1904","8"],["1905","1"],["1907","4"],["1908","1"],["1909","2"],["1910","3"],["1911","1"],["1912","2"],["1913","8"],["1916","1"],["1918","3"],["1919","8"],["1920","6"],["1921","2"],["1922","2"],["1923","9"],["1925","13"],["1926","6"],["1927","7"],["1928","1"],["1929","18"],["1930","6"],["1931","54"],["1932","15"],["1933","4"],["1934","15"],["1935","17"],["1936","14"],["1937","10"],["1938","6"],["1939","124"],["1940","18"],["1941","16"],["1942","11"],["1943","4"],["1944","4"],["1945","10"],["1946","3"],["1947","13"],["1948","12"],["1949","25"],["1950","10"],["1951","13"],["1952","9"],["1953","15"],["1954","9"],["1955","86"],["1956","10"],["1957","55"],["1958","158"],["1959","28"],["1960","26"],["1961","53"],["1962","29"],["1963","56"],["1964","169"],["1965","122"],["1966","113"],["1967","45"],["1968","55"],["1969","113"],["1970","64"],["1971","297"],["1972","67"],["1973","29"],["1974","33"],["1975","60"],["1976","49"],["1977","77"],["1978","27"],["1979","140"],["1980","29"],["1981","128"],["1982","13"],["1983","81"],["1984","56"],["1985","55"],["1986","20"],["1987","46"],["1988","217"],["1989","80"],["1990","80"],["1991","72"],["1992","93"],["1993","84"],["1994","55"],["1995","77"],["1996","78"],["1997","162"],["1998","107"],["1999","190"],["2000","66"],["2001","125"],["2002","137"],["2003","140"],["2004","324"],["2005","213"],["2006","189"],["2007","386"],["2008","339"]]

Anagrams for Rachel »

1. rechal

How to pronounce Rachel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Rachel in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rachel in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rachel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Rachel in a Sentence

1. Seth Dillon:

   We were doing a satirical take on USA Today recently naming Rachel Levine, a transgender individual, as one of their picks for women of the year. So we did a satirical take on this, and we named Rachel Levine as our man of the year, twitter didn’t like that very much.

2. Ezra Dolezal:

   I believe that the first most important thing regardless of what a person does is that they have integrity, rachel has done really good work fighting against racism and police brutality ... but she went about it the wrong way. She said I was born black. I grew up black and I know what it's like growing up as an African-American in this world. She does not.

3. Kai Hibbard:

   Rachel Frederickson’re brainwashed to believe that Rachel Frederickson’re super-lucky to be there.

4. Chris Harrison:

   What I now realize I have done is cause harm by wrongly speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism, and for that I am so deeply sorry. I also apologize to my friend Rachel Lindsay for not listening to her better on a topic she has a first-hand understanding of, and humbly thank the members of Bachelor Nation who have reached out to me to hold me accountable, i promise to do better.

5. Presley Ann/WireImage -RRB- Sullivan:

   [Bear] and Rachel are both very healthy and recovering well and are resting, as far as the name announcement goes, we designed a puzzle to send to our family members as a fun way to announce his name and to keep us all connected duringquarantine.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Rachel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rachel
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Rachel
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Rachel