As the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, Raquel also means ‘ewe’. Rachel is an old Hebrew name, that appears in the Old Testament.
Raquel is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Raquel isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Raquel ranks 743. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 2 were named Raquel. In the entire USA, approximately 46,618 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Raquel. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
As the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, Raquel also means ‘ewe’. Rachel is an old Hebrew name, that appears in the Old Testament.
What is an ewe? An ewe is a female sheep. These domesticated mammals are raised for their wool, meat, and milk. Ewes typically give birth to one or two lambs per pregnancy and are used for breeding purposes in sheep farming.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter R is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.
With six letters, the name Raquel is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that if 4.1% of all girls' names start with an R, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Rebecca is the girls’ name starting with R, which is the most common of all.
If your name is Raquel and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Raquel, you can simply say:
Rocket
Apple
Queen
Unicorn
Elephant
Lion
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Raquel
Raquel
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
R
A
Q
U
E
L
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
R
A
Q
U
E
L
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Raquel sounds like this:
