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Rachie
Ray
Ray Ray
Shell
Chel
Chelly
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Rachel \r(a)-chel\ as a girl's name is pronounced RAY-chel. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Rachel is "ewe, female sheep". Biblical: Jacob's wife, described as being "beautiful in form and countenance".

Innocent Lamb
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Sincere

Origin: Hebrew

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Rachel De Azevado Coleman, creator and star of the "Signing Time!" series of dvds/tv programs and related products
Rachel Griffiths, actress (Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters)
Rachael Ray, celebrity chef
Rachel Hunter, model
Rachel Weisz, actress
Rachel McAdams, actress
Rachel Carson, marine biologist and nature writer
Rachel Maddow, TV show host
Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady and wife of Andrew Jackson
Rachel Hayes, "Table for 12", sextuplet
Rachel Bilson, actress
Rachael Leigh Cook, actress
Rachel Ward, actress
Rachel Robertson, actress
Rachel Tucker, singer/actress from Belfast, Northern Ireland
Rachel Traets, contestant of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Rachel in song, story & screen: | Edit

Rachel Mariana Morgan - protagonist and narrator of "The Hollows" urban fantasy series by Kim Harrison.
Rachel Elizabeth Dare, character in the "Percy Jackson & The Olympians" fantasy series by Rick Riordan.
Rachel Green from the sitcom Friends, who spawned her own hair-do, The Rachel.
Rachel Berry from the TV series Glee
Rachel Wilcox, Lindsay Lohan's character in the film "Georgia Rule"
Rachel Mason, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the hit BBC drama of the same name
Naughty Rachel, a character in the British TV Series Green Wing
Rachel, a supporting character (who later becomes playable in the Sigma re-make) in the 2004 Xbox video game Ninja Gaiden
Rachel, one of the six main characters of Animorphs
Rachel Carruthers, a character in the Halloween movie series
Rachel Gibson, a character in Season 5 of Alias
Rachel Greene, a character in the TV series ER
Rachel Kinski, a character in the Australian TV show Neighbours
Rachel Moore of Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Rachel Summers, a character in the Marvel Universe
Rachel Teller, a character in the Need for Speed Underground 2
Rachael, a character in the 1982 movie Blade Runner
Rachel Austen, a character in It Hurt to Be Strong
Rachel, Bible
French card games, the Queen of Diamonds is Rachel
Rachel White- narrator and protagonist in Emily Griffith's book "Something Borrowed" and the movie of the same name
Rachel, a character in the Cliff McNish books The Doomspell Trilogy
Rachel Lynde, a character in the "Anne of Green Gables" book series