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[ syll. rac-hae(l), ra-cha-el ] The girl name Rachael is pronounced RAEK-ah-L †. Rachael's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. Rachael is a variant spelling of the English, French, German, and Yiddish Rachel in the English language. Rachael is also a variant form of the English, French, and Italian Rachelle.
Rachael is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name jumped in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 1987, 0.151% of baby girls were given the name Rachael. It was #98 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #481 with a usage of 0.032%. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Rachael, Rachel was the most commonly used. It was 6 times more widely used than Rachael in 2008. Baby names that sound like Rachael include the English Rachaele, the English Rachal, the English Rackel, the English Rachalle, the English, French, German, and Yiddish Rachel, the English Rachell, the English, French, and Italian Rachelle, the English Racquel, the English Racquell, the English Raechel, the English Raechele, the English Raechell, the English Raechelle, the English Raechul, the English Raguel, the English Rahshel, the Scandinavian Rakel, the Russian Rakhil, the English Raqueal, and the French, Portuguese, Spanish, and English Raquel. Details of famous persons named Rachael:
† approx pronunciation for Rachael: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
