Rachelle

Where Rachelle comes from

20th-century variant of Rachel, from French Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rachelle
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #2,463 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Rachelle Viinberg born
    Canadian rower
  3. 1979
    Rachelle Lefevre born
    Canadian actress
  4. 1984
    Peak, #259
    948 babies named Rachelle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #534.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Rachelle Lefevre · Canadian actress, born 1979
  • Rachelle Viinberg · Canadian rower, born 1979
  • Rachelle Ann Go · Filipino singer, born 1986
  • Rachelle Boone-Smith · American sprinter, born 1981
  • Rachelle Ferrell · American jazz singer, born 1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.