Rachel?

Strong beautiful name. Classic. Not particularly fashionable so it won’t date.

Love it

What’s DD1 name out of interest @jfoyo26

Love it. It's also the name of one of my lovely SDDs.

Rachel is a lovely name!!

Super.

Rachel or Rachael spelling? It's not one you hear so often now but it's a lovely name.

I really love the name Rachel.

Beautiful name

Sorry I’m going to go against the grain here and say I don’t like it.
I find it quite dated to the 90s especially after Rachel Green from friends, there were lots of Rachel’s. I know it’s a “classic” name but classic names do date..eg Jane and now sarah is starting to become dated too.

However if you like the name that’s all that matters.
I would spell it Rachel

Prefer the spelling Rachael

Perfect.

Why are people on here so obsessed with popular culture? I don’t see 5e relevance of a sitcom from 30 years ago.

When I hear name Rachel I think of The Moonstone, My Cousin Rachel, and The Rachel Papers, Rachel Weisz.

Love it

We have a Rachel, she's nearly 3. We thought we were picking a traditional and classic name but the reaction has been surprising. So many people (from hospital staff when she was born to a photographer a couple of weeks ago) have commented along the lines of "we haven't had a Rachel in a long time"! It's good to know she won't be one of several with her name at school

I love the name but prefer Rachael.

Rachel is lovely

Thetimetravelerswife all names date to a certain degree but that doesn't make them less beautiful.

Love it and definitely that spelling. I know a few, much older - I think it's lovely at any age. Often seems to go with Rebecca - maybe the du Maurier connection.

There are a lot my age but I’ve not met any amongst my DC’s friends/school. All the ones I know are lovely so to me it’s a good strong name

Lovely name and not too popular so there won’t be loads of Rachel’s in the same class at school

Thanks for your thoughts so far!
@Leopardprintboots DD1 is Louise.
@BabyMoonPie I think it is a traditional and classic name but just not fashionable at the minute...That's partly why we like it, think it fits with Louise in that sense - short, classic and well known but significantly underused at present.

I really like it, it was on our list. It's such a lovely name to say.

Gorgeous name. Classic. Also Ray is a lovely nickname for a girl.