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Rachel?

67 replies

jfoyo26 · 26/11/2019 12:47

This is the only name my husband and I can totally agree on so is consistently top of our list for DD2.
Would be this spelling.
Just general thoughts please?

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JemSynergy · 26/11/2019 20:09

I think if it is a name both you and your husband like and both agree on then that is the name to go for. :)

Spied · 26/11/2019 20:08

Agree it should be Rachel not Rachael.

Spied · 26/11/2019 20:07

Lovely. Use it.
I know two. One lovely. One not so muchGrin. Both adults.
Its a beautiful name.

Leopardprintboots · 26/11/2019 20:02

@Alsonification you’ll have to tell your daughter she has a super rare name in 2019- it’s outside the top 300 names now!

MrsNoMopp · 26/11/2019 20:01

It's a lovely name and due a comeback.

Toddlerteaplease · 26/11/2019 19:58

Love it.

BennyTheBall · 26/11/2019 19:46

There were 6 Rachels in my year at school. But that was the 1980s so it has had it's overused phase and is probably due a revival.

LennyLady · 26/11/2019 19:43

My 17yr DD is also Rachael Louise! She loves her name and always has comments of how there are not many Rachael's out there and how the name suits her

Alsonification · 26/11/2019 18:49

My Dd (21) is Rachel. I love the name (and coincidentally her second name is Louise lol). I heard the name when I was a kid & wanted it ever since.
My dd on the other hand wishes she had a more unique name. In school there were so many Rachels plus now in college theres a lot too. We are in ireland so it’s obviously more popular here Grin

haverhill · 26/11/2019 18:48

Know two, both fabulous women.

daisypond · 26/11/2019 18:43

It’s very nice.

Practicalmagico · 26/11/2019 18:40

Dated. The youngest I know is 27

QuestionableMushroom · 26/11/2019 18:34

I love it. I have a dear friend called Rachel so it only has lovely connotations of a wonderful woman.

BelfastNonBlonde · 26/11/2019 17:56

Lovely. I’m considering it.
I love Ray/Rae also.

Great with Louise also

platform9andthreequarters · 26/11/2019 17:53

I love it. It is/was our name for DC2 if they were a girl, however we've recently discovered they're a boy.

If you wanted any other suggestions, I also rather liked Phillippa for similar reasons, classic but underused, nice nickname (Pippa/pip) and I've never met one I didn't like.

holly40 · 26/11/2019 17:43

Lovely

TatianaLarina · 26/11/2019 17:39

However if the OP feels that the name is beautiful and likes it, she should pick it regardless of my own personal taste.

😂 As if that needed saying.

Thetimetravelerswife · 26/11/2019 15:50

@Aderyn19

Exactly I agree. This is what I was explaining, that even “timeless, classic” names date. All names date. So a lot of other comments were like “it won’t date because it’s classic”.

The OP was asking for opinions, and my opinion is that I don’t like it! Sorry.

However if the OP feels that the name is beautiful and likes it, she should pick it regardless of my own personal taste.

milliefiori · 26/11/2019 15:49

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

1Bobbinwinder · 26/11/2019 15:49

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

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jfoyo26 · 26/11/2019 15:48

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.

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Tonz · 26/11/2019 15:40

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

Confusedrelation · 26/11/2019 15:38

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

Lobsterquadrille2 · 26/11/2019 15:32

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.

Aderyn19 · 26/11/2019 14:54

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