
Raquel ( Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish). Rahela ( Hawaiian, Romanian, Croatian). Rahelki/Rachel ( German, Hebrew, Polish, Welsh, Indonesian). Recha, a diminutive an example is Rachel (Recha), the daughter of the protagonist of the 1779 play Nathan the Wise. Rashka, Rashke, Slavic-language-influences Ashkenazi Jewish Yiddish-language, diminutive. 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, Rashke. 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. 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.
The Jewish version of the surname Ruskin is an Americanized form of Raskin.
Rachel ( Hebrew: רָחֵל, Modern: Raḥel, Tiberian: Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl), meaning " ewe", is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Rachel, the wife of Israelite patriarch Jacob.Īshkenazi Jewish matronymic surnames Rokhlin (variants: Rochlin, Rohlin), Raskin, Raskine, Rashkin, Rashkind are derived from variants of the name. German: ( listen) (Germany) or (Austria/Switzerland) Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah, the Biblical Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1855)