Rachael Forename
2,909th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 357,881 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nauru
Rachael Forename User-submission:
Rachael is an English variation of the old Hebrew name Rachel, meaning 'ewe' or 'little lamb'. In the Jewish Torah, Rachel was a beautiful and kind young woman whose husband worked 14 years to marry her.
Rachael Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 82,994 | 1:2,139 | 398 |
| United States | 100% | 69,253 | 1:5,235 | 731 |
| England | 100% | 47,889 | 1:1,161 | 241 |
| Kenya | 100% | 36,595 | 1:1,265 | 249 |
| Zambia | - | 18,457 | 1:859 | 196 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 16,781 | 1:688 | 172 |
| Malawi | 100% | 14,553 | 1:1,176 | 247 |
| Australia | - | 12,155 | 1:1,124 | 235 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 8,573 | 1:951 | 106 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 7,836 | 1:1,968 | 364 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,180 | 1:4,367 | 569 |
| Uganda | 99% | 5,936 | 1:6,900 | 789 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,343 | 1:1,044 | 246 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,271 | 1:16,672 | 2,452 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,911 | 1:11,382 | 1,272 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,523 | 1:2,121 | 303 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,202 | 1:1,405 | 299 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,909 | 1:11,320 | 1,277 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,899 | 1:1,518 | 367 |
| Philippines | 95% | 1,232 | 1:86,047 | 5,103 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 1,116 | 1:66,154 | 3,938 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 935 | 1:56,458 | 3,949 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 881 | 1:1,545 | 293 |
| Ireland | 99% | 862 | 1:5,387 | 516 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 749 | 1:776 | 154 |
| Thailand | 100% | 577 | 1:121,431 | 9,547 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 544 | 1:3,388 | 457 |
| Liberia | 99% | 493 | 1:8,949 | 868 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 368 | 1:82,744 | 6,130 |
| India | 100% | 312 | 1:3,893,840 | 162,173 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 296 | 1:57,102 | 3,715 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 238 | 1:30,050 | 2,933 |
| Singapore | 95% | 191 | 1:32,917 | 5,899 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Grenada | 100% | 146 | 1:741 | 129 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Brazil | 100% | 118 | 1:1,815,561 | 39,486 |
| Guyana | 100% | 118 | 1:6,468 | 1,101 |
| France | 100% | 110 | 1:604,276 | 5,953 |
| Germany | 98% | 106 | 1:912,055 | 7,448 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 98 | 1:2,632,282 | 125,447 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| China | - | 86 | 1:15,884,370 | 60,082 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Namibia | - | 57 | 1:42,179 | 2,794 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 57 | 1:1,958 | 380 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Hong Kong | - | 48 | 1:161,515 | 3,108 |
| Spain | 100% | 45 | 1:1,033,999 | 8,832 |
| Belize | 100% | 44 | 1:8,052 | 1,345 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 44 | 1:186,670 | 4,485 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Botswana | 100% | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 40 | 1:4,445 | 759 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| South Korea | - | 34 | 1:163,071 | 6,796 |
| Sweden | 100% | 30 | 1:328,597 | 9,713 |
| Jersey | 100% | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Nauru | 100% | 26 | 1:459 | 50 |
| Italy | 98% | 24 | 1:2,544,254 | 16,267 |
| Norway | 100% | 23 | 1:223,145 | 5,396 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13 | 1:883,849 | 11,271 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Russia | - | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Rachaêl (1) are calculated separately.
Rachael (1,156) may also be a surname.
Rachael Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Rachael is an English variation of the old Hebrew name Rachel, meaning 'ewe' or 'little lamb'. In the Jewish Torah, Rachel was a beautiful and kind young woman whose husband worked 14 years to marry her.
- kitty2479This name is of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew word rāchēl, meaning 'ewe'. It is commonly used as a girl name.
- rachy0305Rachael, Rachel, or Rachaelle is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'ewe'.
- raineydayRachael Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 355 (1901)
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