Rachel (given name)

Ashkenazi Jewish matronymic surnames Rokhlin (variants: Rochlin, Rohlin), Raskin, Raskine, Rashkin, Rashkind are derived from variants of the name. The Jewish version of the surname Ruskin is an Americanized form of Raskin.{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |pages=240 |language=en}}

Sixteenth century baptismal records from England show that Rachel was first used by English Christians in the mid-1500s, becoming popular during the Protestant Reformation along with other names from the Bible.Redmonds, George, Christian Names in Local and Family History, Dundurn Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55002-507-4 p. 41

The name has been among the five hundred most commonly used names in recent years for newborn girls in France, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom and the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3532172|title=Outil interactif sur les prénoms}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibn/irishbabiesnames2021/introduction/|title = Introduction - CSO - Central Statistics Office}}{{Cite web|url=https://names.darkgreener.com/#rachel|title=England and Wales Baby Names}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/|title=Popular Baby Names}}{{Cite web|url=https://bloodandfrogs.com/2020/11/101-most-popular-jewish-girls-names-in-israel-in-2019.html|title=101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2019 - B&F: Jewish Genealogy and More|date=9 November 2020}}

• Rachael, Rachelle, Racquel Lansky, Bruce, 100,000+ Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, & up-to-date name book Da Capo Lifelong Books; Revised edition (July 9, 2019), ISBN 978-0-306-922985
• Rachela (Polish){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rachele (Italian){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rachelle (French){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Racquela (English){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rahel (Turkish)
• Raonaid (Scottish Gaelic){{Cite web |title=LearnGaelic - 20 Words - Vocabulary: Female names |url=https://learngaelic.scot/fichead-facal/ff-names-girls.jsp |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=learngaelic.scot}}
• Rachel, Rahel (Indonesian)
• Ráhel (Hungarian){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rahelki/Rachel (German, Hebrew, Polish, Welsh){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rahela (Hawaiian, Romanian, Croatian){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• راحله (Raheleh) (Persian){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Ráichéal (Irish){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Raahel (Malayalam){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Ραχήλ (Rachíl) (Greek){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Raakel (Finnish){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rakel (Scandinavian){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rakeri (Kikuyu){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• රාකෙල් (Rakel) (Sinhala){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Raichel (Tamil){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• రాహేలు Raahélu (Telugu){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Raheli (Swahili){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rakeli (Yoruba){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Rakul (Faroese){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• Raquel (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• راحيل (Raheel) (Arabic){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• ریچل (Rachel) (Urdu){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• ራሄል (Amharic){{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Notable people with the name include:

• Rachel, Biblical figure known for being the wife that Jacob loved
• Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva (1st century)
• Rachel (born 1942), French singer of the 1960s
• Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695), American slave murdered by her owner
• Rachel Aaron (fl. 2010s–2020s), American author
• Rachel Aberlin, 16th-century Jewish mystic
• Rachel Alejandro (born 1974), Filipino singer and actress
• Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish celebrity chef
• Rachel Amanda (born 1995), Indonesian actress, singer and model
• Rachel Ames (born 1929), American actress
• Rachel Anderson (born 1943), English journalist and author
• Rachel Anderson (football agent), the UK's first female FIFA-licensed agent
• Rachel Ankeny, professor of history and philosophy of science at University of Adelaide
• Rachel Antonoff (born 1981), American fashion designer
• Rachel Attas (1934–2004), Israeli actress and singer
• Rokhl Auerbakh (Rachel Auerbach) (1903–1976), Polish-Israeli writer, essayist, historian, and Holocaust scholar
• Rachel Azaria (born 1977), Israeli politician
• Rachel Baard, South African theologian
• Rachel Tzvia Back, Israeli poet and translator
• Rachel Balkovec (born 1987), American baseball manager
• Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli author and first lady of Israel
• Rachel Bess, American artist
• Rachel Bianchi-Quarshie, Ghanaian pilot
• Rachel Bilson (born 1981), American actress
• Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
• Rachel Bloom (born 1987), American actress
• Rachel Bloomekatz (born 1982), American lawyer
• Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), usually referred to simply as "Rachel", Hebrew-language poet from Palestine
• Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth in 1966, American bassist of Skid Row
• Rachel Boston (born 1982), American actress and producer
• Rachel Brand (born 1973), American lawyer and government official
• Rachel Bromwich (1915–2010), British scholar
• Rachel Brosnahan (born 1990), American actress
• Rachel Brown (born 1980), English footballer
• Rachel Caine (1962–2020), American writer
• Rachel Cameron (1924–2011), American ballet dancer and teacher
• Rachel Campos-Duffy (born 1971), American television personality
• Rachel Carns (born 1969), American musician and artist
• Rachel Carson (1907–1964), American environmentalist, scientist
• Rachel Chalkowski (born 1939), Israeli midwife and gemach organiser
• Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange (1679–1745), Scottish woman kidnapped by her husband
• Rachel Corrie (1973–2003), American political activist and diarist
• Rachel Corsie (born 1989), Scottish footballer
• Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998), American author
• Rachel Covey (born 1998), American actress
• Rachel Cowan (1941–2018), American rabbi
• Rachel Crow (born 1998), American actress and singer
• Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Canadian-born novelist
• Rachel Daly (born 1991), English footballer
• Rachel Daquis (born 1987), Filipino volleyball player
• Rachel David (born 1996), Indian actress
• Rachel de Montmorency (1891–1961), English painter and stained glass artist
• Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003), Brazilian author, translator, and journalist
• Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter
• Rachel Dolezal (born 1977), American former civil rights activist known for falsely claiming to be African American
• Rachel Don (1866–1941), New Zealand preacher and activist
• Rachel Dratch (born 1966), American actress
• Rachel Dror (1921–2024), German Holocaust survivor
• Rachel Eckroth, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
• Rachel Ehrenfeld, American terrorism expert
• Rachel Elior (born 1949), Israeli historian and philosopher
• Rachel Elkind-Tourre (born 1939), American musician and record producer
• Rachel Elnaugh (born 1964), British entrepreneur
• Rachel Entwistle née Souza (1980–2006), American murder victim
• Rachel Erickson (born 1999), Canadian curler
• Rachel Evans, Welsh chemist
• Rachel Held Evans (1981–2019), American writer
• Rachel Fabri (born 1985), Maltese singer-songwriter
• Rachel Fannan (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, and poet
• Rachel Feinstein (artist) (born 1971), American artist
• Rachel Feinstein (comedian), American actress and stand-up comedian
• Rachel Félix (1821–1858), French actress (born Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known as Mademoiselle Rachel)
• Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942), American poet, novelist and children's fiction writer
• Rachel G. Fox (born 1996), American actress and singer
• Rachel Freier (born 1965), American judge
• Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British singer-songwriter
• Rachel Furness (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
• Rachel Garcia (born 1997), American softball player
• Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (born 1981), American essayist
• Rachel Goswell (born 1971), English singer-songwriter
• Rachel Grant (born 1977), English actress and TV presenter
• Rachel Griffin-Accurso (born 1982), American YouTuber and educator known as Ms. Rachel
• Rachel Griffith (born 1963), British-American economist
• Rachel Griffiths (born 1968), Australian actress and director
• Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978), American poet, novelist, and photographer
• Rachel Gupta (born 2004), Indian model
• Rachel Gurney (1920–2001), English actress
• Rachel Hardiman (born 1961), Irish cricketer
• Rachel Harris (born 1979), Australian swimmer
• Rachel M. Harter, American statistician
• Rachel Haugh, English architect
• Rachel Henderson, American politician
• Rachel Hill (born 1995), American soccer player
• Rachel Hilson (born 1995), American actress
• Rachel Hirschfeld (1945/1946 – 2018), animal welfare attorney
• Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American murder victim
• Rachel Hofstetter (born 1992), American video game streamer
• Rachel Hollis (born 1983), American author and motivational speaker
• Rachel Homan (born 1989), Canadian curler
• Rachel Hopkins (born 1972), British Labour MP
• Rachel Hopkins (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer
• Rachel House (actress) (born 1971), New Zealand actress and director
• Rachel Hunter (born 1969), New Zealand supermodel and actress
• Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990), British actress
• Rachel Ikemeh, Nigerian conservationist
• Rachel Imison (born 1978), Australian field hockey player
• Rachel Ingalls (1941–2019), American author
• Rachel Isaacs, American rabbi
• Rachel Isadora (born 1953), American children's author, illustrator, and painter
• Rachel Jackson (1767–1828), wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson
• Rachel Jacobs (1975–2015), American businesswoman
• Rachel Jarry (born 1991), Australian basketball player
• Rachel Jewkes, South African scientist
• Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British journalist, television presenter, and author
• Rachel Johnson (athlete) (born 1993), American track and field athlete
• Rachel Jones, multiple people
• Rachel Joyce, multiple people
• Rachel Keller (born 1992), American actress
• Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), English actress
• Rachel Kerr, British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
• Rachel Khoo (born 1980), British cook and writer
• Rachel Klamer (born 1990), Dutch triathlete
• Rachel E. Klevit, American biochemist
• Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), Swiss soloist violinist
• Rachel Korine (born 1986), American actress
• Rachel Kushner (born 1968), American novelist
• Rachel Levine (born 1957), transgender American assistant secretary of health
• Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884–1966), British author and cultural historian writing as G. Rachel Levy
• Rachel Lindsay (television personality) (born 1985), American television personality
• Rachel Llanes (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Rachel Lloyd (born 1975), British activist
• Rachel Lloyd (1839–1900), American chemist
• Rachel Lowe (born 2000), Australian footballer
• Rachel Luttrell (born 1971), Tanzanian-Canadian actress
• Rachel MacNair (born 1958), American sociologist and psychologist
• Rachel Maddow (born 1973), American journalist
• Rachel Meghan Markle (born 1981), Duchess of Sussex and former American actress
• Rachel Marsden (born 1974), Canadian political columnist
• Rachel McAdams (born 1978), Canadian actress
• Rachel McAlpine (born 1940), New Zealand poet, novelist, and playwright
• Rachel McCann (field hockey) (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player
• Rachel McLean (1971–1991), British murder victim
• Rachel McLish (born 1955), American bodybuilder, actress, and author
• Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), American horticulturalist, philanthropist, and art collector
• Rachel Miner (born 1980), American actress
• Rachel Mitchell (born 1967), American attorney
• Rachel Morrison (born 1978), American cinematographer and director
• Rachel Newton (born 1985), Scottish singer and harpist
• Rachel Neylan (born 1982), Australian cyclist
• Rachel Nicholls, English opera singer
• Rachel Nichols, multiple people
• Rachel Nickell (1968–1992), British murder victim
• Rachel Noerdlinger (born 1970), American publicist
• Rachel Nordlinger, Australian linguist
• Rachel Notley (born 1964), Canadian politician
• Rachel O'Reilly, British chemist
• Rachel O'Riordan (born 1974), Irish theatre director
• Rachel Oakes Preston (1809–1868), American religious figure
• Rachel Oliver (footballer) (born 1971), New Zealand footballer
• Rachel Oliver (scientist), British material scientist
• Rachel Ong (born 1972), Singaporean politician
• Rachel Oniga (1957–2021), Nigerian actress
• Rachel Owen (1968–2016), Welsh photographer, printmaker, and lecturer
• Rachel Owens (born 1972), American sculptor
• Rachel Parish (born 1981), British sportswoman
• Rachel Parris (born 1984), English comedian and actress
• Rachel Parsons, multiple people
• Rachel Paulose (born 1973), American attorney
• Rachel Pavlou, British manager for diversity and inclusion at the Football Association (FA) in England
• Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (1881 – died after 1932), British feminist and suffragette
• Rachel Perkins (born 1970), Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• Rachel Peters (born 1991), Miss Universe Philippines 2017
• Rachel Platten (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
• Rachel Pollack (1945–2023), American science fiction writer, comic book writer, and tarot expert
• Rachel Portman (born 1960), British composer
• Rachel Potter (born 1984), American singer and actress
• Rachel Justine Pries, American mathematician
• Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Canadian writer
• Rachel Quon (born 1991), American-Canadian soccer player
• Rachel Rath (born 1976), Irish actress
• Rachel Reeves (born 1979), British MP for the Labour Party
• Rachel Reilly (born 1984), American television personality and actress
• Rachel Reinert (born 1989), American country singer and songwriter
• Rachel Riley (born 1986), British television presenter
• Rachel Roberts, multiple people
• Rachel Robinson (born 1922), American professor and nurse
• Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, American politician
• Rachel Rose (born 1970), Canadian poet, essayist, and short story writer
• Rachel Rose (artist) (born 1986), American artist
• Rachel Rossi (born 1983), American criminal justice lawyer
• Rachel Roy (born 1974), American fashion designer
• Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Dutch still-life painter
• Rachel Scott (1981–1999), a victim in the Columbine High School massacre
• Rachel Scott (women's education reformer) née Cook (1848–1905), British women's education reformer, promoted equality for women
• Rachel Sebati (born 1993), South African footballer
• Rachel Irene Seibert (1876–1967), American clubwoman
• Rachel Sennott (born 1995), American actress and comedian
• Rachel Shelley (born 1969), English actress and model
• Rachel Shenton, English actress and screenwriter
• Rachel Shoaf (born 1996), American convicted of murder in 2013
• Rachel Smith (born 1985), Miss USA 2007
• Rachel Smith (gymnast) (born 1993), British rhythmic gymnast
• Rachel Squire (1954–2006), British Labour politician
• Rachel Stephens (1930–2011), American actress
• Rachel Stevens (born 1978), English pop singer, best known as a member of the band S Club 7
• Rachel Stevens (sculptor), American sculptor
• Rachel Stuart (born 1972), Jamaican-Canadian model and actress
• Rachel Sung (born 2004), American table tennis player
• Rachel Sutherland (born 1976), New Zealand field hockey player
• Rachel Sweet (born 1962), American producer, singer, and actress
• Rachel Talalay (born 1958), American director and producer
• Rachel Talbot Ross (born 1961), American politician and activist
• Rachel Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rachel Ticotin (born 1958), American film and television actress
• Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993), American rock singer and drummer
• Rachel Treweek (born 1963), British Anglican bishop
• Rachel True (born 1968), American actress
• Rachel Tucker (born 1981), Northern Irish musical theatre actress, and singer
• Rachel Uchitel (born 1975), American nightclub manager and television personality
• Rachel Unitt (born 1982), English footballer
• Rachel Vail (born 1966), American author
• Rachel Vallarelli, American lacrosse player
• Rachel van Cutsen (born 1984), Dutch badminton player
• Rachel van Dantzig (1878–1949), Dutch sculptor
• Rachel Van Hollebeke (born 1985), American soccer player
• Rachel Veltri (born 1978), American actress
• Rachel Viollet (born 1972), British tennis player
• Rachel Wacholder (born 1975), American professional beach volleyball player
• Rachel Wade (born 1990), American teenager convicted of murder
• Rachel Walker (disambiguation), several people
• Rachel Ward (born 1957), English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter
• Rachel Ward, Countess of Dudley, British civic leader, philanthropist, and foundress of nursing orders
• Rachel Ward (mathematician), American applied mathematician
• Rachel Weisz (born 1970), British actress
• Rachel Whetstone (born 1968), British public relations executive
• Rachel White, multiple people
• Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), English sculptor
• Rachel Williams (model) (born 1967), American model and television presenter
• Rachel Williams (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer
• Rachel DeLoache Williams (born 1988), American writer
• Rachel Willis-Sørensen (born 1984), American opera singer
• Rachel O. Wingate (c. 1901–1953), English linguist
• Rachel Yakar (1938–2023), French opera singer
• Rachel Yang (born 1982), Singaporean pole vaulter
• Rachel Yankey (born 1979), English footballer
• Rachel Yehuda (born 1959), American psychiatrist and neuroscientist
• Rachel Yeoh, Malaysian socialite and model
• Rachel York (born 1971), American actress and singer
• Rachel Yurkovich (born 1986), American javelin thrower
• Rachel Z, American pianist and keyboardist
• Rachel Zadok (born 1972), South African writer
• Rachel Zajac, New Zealand forensic psychologist
• Rachel Zeffira, Canadian singer
• Rachel Zegler (born 2001), American actress and singer
• Rachel Zilberberg (1920–1943), Polish resistance fighter during World War II
• Rachel Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian space scientist and inventor
• Rachel Zoe (born 1971), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and writer
• Rachel Zolf (born 1968), Canadian-American poet
• Rachel Zucker (born 1971), American poet

• Hecate (musician) (born 1976), born Rachael Kozak, Swiss music producer
• Rachael Anderson (died 2018), American female murder victim
• Rachael Bella (born 1984), American actress, best known for her role in the 2002 film The Ring
• Rachael Blackmore (born 1989), Irish jockey
• Rachael Blake (born 1971), Australian actress
• Rachael Bland (1978–2018), Welsh BBC newsreader
• Rachael Boyle (born 1991), Scottish footballer
• Rachael Carpani (born 1980), Australian actress
• Rachael Denhollander (born 1984), American lawyer, former gymnast and survivor
• Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979), American actress
• Rachael Finch (born 1988), Miss Universe Australia 2009, 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009
• Rachael Flatt (born 1992), American figure skater
• Rachael Grinham (born 1977), Australian squash player
• Rachael Gunn (born 1987), Australian breakdancer known as Raygun
• Rachael Harris (born 1968), American actress and comedian
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint (1939–2017), English cricketer
• Rachael Lampa (born 1985), American singer/songwriter best known for her work in the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Rachael Letsche (born 1991), British trampoline gymnast
• Rachael MacFarlane (born 1976), American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane
• Rachael McLaren, Canadian dancer
• Rachael Pratt (1874–1954), Australian army nurse
• Rachael Price (born 1985), American jazz vocalist and lead vocalist of the band Lake Street Dive
• Rachael Ray (born 1968), American celebrity chef and television personality
• Rachael Runyan (1979–1982), American murder victim
• Rachael Sage, American songwriter
• Rachael Scdoris (born 1985), blind American dog musher and cross country runner
• Rachael Sporn (born 1968), Australian female basketball player
• Rachael Stirling (born 1977), British actress best known for the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet
• Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, American epidemiologist and dietitian
• Rachael Taylor (born 1984), Australian actress
• Rachael Yamagata (born 1977), American singer-songwriter

• Rachelle Ferrell (born 1961), American vocalist and musician
• Rachelle Ann Go (born 1986), Filipina singer
• Rachelle Keck, American lawyer and academic administrator
• Rachelle Lefevre (born 1979), Canadian actress
• Rachelle Smit, American politician

• Rachele Baldi (born 1994), Italian footballer
• Rachele Barbieri (born 1997), Italian road and track cyclist
• Rachele Bruni (born 1990), Italian swimmer
• Rachele Fogar (born 1991), Italian model and television personality
• Rachele Gilmore, American soprano
• Rachele Lynae (born 1988), American country rock singer
• Rachele Mori (born 2003), Italian hammer thrower
• Rachele Mussolini (1890–1979), wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
• Rachele Mussolini (politician) (born 1974), Italian politician
• Rachele Risaliti (born 1995), Italian model
• Rachele Sangiuliano (born 1981), Italian volleyball player
• Rachele Brooke Smith (born 1987), American actor and dancer
• Alice Rachele Arlanch (born 1995), Italian beauty pageant winner

• Rachael, a character in Hard Times.
• Rachel, one of the six main characters of Animorphs
• Rachel, a character from the Rhapsody in Blue segment of the Disney movie Fantasia 2000
• Rachel, a character in Stephen King's short story The raft
• Rachael, a replicant in the science fiction film Blade Runner
• Rachel, a friend of Vivian Ward and Kit DeLuca in the romantic movie Pretty Woman
• Rachel, a character in Pokémon Masters EX
• Rachael (Battle Arena Toshinden), a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
• Rachel, a female warrior from the Ninja Gaiden series of video games
• Naughty Rachel, in the British TV Series Green Wing
• Rachel Aldridge, Lady Sinderby, a character introduced in season 5 of the TV show Downton Abbey
• Rachel Alucard, in the BlazBlue video game series
• Rachel Amber, a side character in Life Is Strange and a main character in its spinoff, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
• Rachel Berry, in the television series Glee
• Rachel Santiago-Bravante, a character from the Filipino drama series Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko
• Rachel Brown, in the play Inherit the Wind
• Rachel Buchman, a character in Rachel getting married
• Rachel Carruthers, in the Halloween film series
• Rachel Chu, in the American romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians
• Rachel Creed, wife of the main character in Stephen King's 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary
• Rachel Elizabeth Dare, in the young adult book series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
• Rachel Dalles, a character in the Black Butler manga series and anime
• Rachel Dawes, Assistant District Attorney in the Batman series of movies
• Rachel Duncan, in the TV show Orphan Black
• Rachel Finer, in the Netflix series Grand Army
• Rachel Gardner, in the Angels of Death video game
• Rachel Gatina, in the TV show One Tree Hill
• Rachel Gibson, in Season 5 of Alias
• Rachel Green, in the TV series Friends
• Rachel Greene, a character in the TV series ER, daughter of Mark Greene
• Rachel Hardy, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Rachel Kinski, a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Rachel Lang, the main character in The Rage: Carrie 2
• Rachel Larsen, a.k.a. Rikka Hishikawa, in the anime DokiDoki! PreCure
• Rachel Leighton, also known as Diamondback in Marvel Comics
• Rachel Lynde, a supporting character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables
• Rachel Mason, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
• Rachel Menken, Don Draper's client's daughter and a love interest in Mad Men
• Rachel Moore, of Case Closed (Detective Conan)
• Rachel Quinn, a character in Chrononauts and Chrononauts: Futureshock
• Rachel Raskin, a character in The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
• Rachel Roth, the false civilian name of Raven
• Rachel Spies, a minor character in Stephen King's Carrie
• Rachel Summers, a character in the Marvel Universe, daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey
• Rachel T. McKenzie (Numbuh 362), from the Cartoon Network animated series Codename: Kids Next Door
• Rachel Taub, a supporting character on the TV show House, the wife of Dr. Chris Taub
• Rachel Teller, a character in the Need for Speed Underground 2
• Rachel Tice, a recurring character in the web series The Most Popular Girls in School
• Rachel Van Helsing, a character in Marvel Comics
• Rachel Walker, a main character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Rachel Wilson, a minor character in the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball
• Rachel Zane, a character in the American TV show Suits
• Rachel, a character in the manga and anime series Edens Zero who is the mother of the main heroine Rebecca Bluegarden

• Rae, Rachey, Rahel, Rocha, Rochel, Rochie, Rochale, Rochele, Rochlin, Recha, Reche, Reichil, Rela, Releh, Relin, Reiyelina, Rekel, Rikel, Rikla, Rikle, Rasha, Rashe, Rashi, Rashel, Rachelle, Rashil, Rashka, RashkeRabbi Shmuel Gorr, Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms, 1992, {{ISBN|0962637327}} p. 75 (also [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3847875/jewish/Popular-Jewish-Hebrew-Girl-Names.htm an online list] by the author, based on the book)
• Rashka, Rashke, Slavic-language-influences Ashkenazi Jewish Yiddish-language, diminutive
• Recha, a diminutive; an example is Rachel (Recha), the daughter of the protagonist of the 1779 play Nathan the Wise.Frederick Quinn, The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PAF5py-2Oi0C&pg=PA85 p. 85]

• {{look from|Rachel}}
• Raquel (includes Racquel)
• Rokhlin (includes Rochlin)

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