Given name & surname

Rachele

“ewe”

Rachele is a variant of Rachel. One Hebrew interpretation is “ewe.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Rachele is a variant of Rachel. One Hebrew interpretation is “ewe.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Rachele 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 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rachele 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

Rachele through the years

Babies since 1880
3,316
0 boys · 3,316 girls
Most popular year
1984
125 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
020406080192019401960198020002025Highest share 19840.0
Rachele in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1919–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 125 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,150 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.

Rachele’s family of names

Rachele shares a linguistic root with Rachel. In Italian usage, Rachele has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Raquel. Rachele has a related form in Rachel.

Walk Rachele’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Rachele has relatives in 6 languages.

Russian

7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Rachele, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical

Rachelanne

“ewe”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Biblical

Rebbie

“an outlaw”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Telah

“fracture”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Arabic · Biblical

Abra

“father of a multitude (of nations)” · “father of a multitude; father of nations”

14Very rareRising

>99% girls

American · Biblical

Taniel

“God is my judge”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Biblical

Rebeckah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Biblical

Shalise

“place name from the Bible”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Biblical

Jole

0Not recently recorded

9% boys · 91% girls

Sibling ideas

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