Entry № 8409 · Hebrew origin

Rachael Rachael — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAY-chul /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Ewe (Rachael Ray, Food Network)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "ewe (rachael ray, food network)".

Rachael is the alternate biblical spelling of Rachel — from the Hebrew Rachel ("ewe, female sheep") — the matriarch of Genesis, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Rachael Yamagata (born 1977) — Japanese-American singer-songwriter. Rachael Pelosi — Nancy Pelosi's daughter. Saint Rachel (Rachael) in the Hebrew Bible is one of the four biblical matriarchs (with Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah).

Ewe (Rachael Ray, Food Network) — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

Rachael
Transliteration
Rachael
Pronunciation
/ ˈreɪ.tʃəl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rachael stands.

Rachael does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rachaels before her.

Real people
Rachael Ray
American TV cook.
born 1968
Rachael Leigh Cook
American actress.
born 1979
Rachael Stirling
English actress.
born 1977
Rachael Yamagata
Japanese-American singer.
born 1977
In fiction
Rachael
Biblical matriarch.
Genesis 29

Names connected to Rachael.

The number behind Rachael.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rachael reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.