Meaning of name Raquel

The name Raquel has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Raquel is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 408 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Raquel fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 68 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 641 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Raquel in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Raquel is very likely a(n) Portuguese variant of the name Rachel. See other suggested Portuguese girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Rachel.

The following names are baby names related to Raquel and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Raquel: Boys - Abner, Aden, Asa, Izayah, Jace, Javen, Mahlon, Orley, Orly, Girls - Avie, Delilah, Leia, Lizeth, Nita, Sharonda, Both genders - Edna, Elizabeth

The name Raquel is a variant of Rachel. Other popular variants of the name Rachel are: Raaquel, Rachael (English), Racheal (English), Rachela, Rachele (Italian), Racheli, Rachelle (English), Rachil, Rae (English), Rakel, Raquel (Portuguese), Raquela, Rashelle, Ray, Raychel, Rechell, Shellie

We think the name Raquel should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Raquel to be: A beautiful and small girl

In one word, you might describe Raquel as a(n) "beautiful" person.

See other "beautiful" names for girls.