Given name
Racheal
“ewe”
Racheal is a variant of Rachel. One Hebrew interpretation is “ewe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Racheal is a variant of Rachel. One Hebrew interpretation is “ewe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Racheal is a variant of Rachel. An origin associated with Rachel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Racheal is a variant of Rachel. The history of Rachel gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Rachel is associated with Jacob's wife.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Racheal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,520
- 0 boys · 10,520 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 388 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,524 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,524 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 388 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,384 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Racheal’s family of names
Racheal has a related form in Rachel. In English usage, Racheal has a conventional equivalent in the German form Rachel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Racheal
- Racheal KundananjiZambian footballerborn 2000
- Racheal NachulaZambian sprinter and footballerborn 1986
- Racheal EkoshoriaNigerian weightlifterborn 1994
- Racheal NtonoUgandan cricketerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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