Rachel

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of Ραχηλ (Rachel), a Greek form of Hebrew רָחֵל (Rachel) = 'ewe, female sheep' [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) "Latinised" form of Rågiähl (see Ráðgerðr) [2]

Related Names

     
Aake ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Alaakkilli ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Raakel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raakeli ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raakkel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raakkeli ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raaku ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rachel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Rael ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rahel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Ráhkel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Rakel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Raku ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rakul ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Ray ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

See also Raili

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1454 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png 300 578 1 1
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 285 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 268 536 0 0
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 463 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][6][7][8]:Name statistics for Rachel(f)


Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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