Rahel
Meaning
ewe (form of Rachel, close to the original Hebrew); the standard form used in Ethiopia and several European languages
Sources list Rahel among the forms of Rachel (Biblical Latin · Estonian).
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rahel has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
100 people · the #41,307 first name in Brazil · median age 8
The census also counted 39 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Rahel
Most people given the name Rahel in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Rahel deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Rahel truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Rahel fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Rahel travels
Malayalam and Kerala · the Malayalam Bible's form of Rachel (ewe); one of the twins in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, the novel that put a Kerala Syrian Christian family before American readers
Keep exploring
Malayalam and Kerala baby names · Amharic and Ethiopian baby names
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