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Rachel

32 replies

Squeejit · 07/03/2021 00:16

Just interested to know what you think of this name? It seems to have been fairly popular in the 70s/80s but what do you think of it now?
I sometimes think it’s timeless and other times think dated. I do like it though. WYOO

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CanofCant · 07/03/2021 10:38

I like it. Solid name.

Ijustlikedthename · 07/03/2021 11:07

Dated probably due to the sheer amount I know of a certain age. Also my first thought is always Friends if I meet a younger one

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/03/2021 21:23

Rachel is quite classic I think, so very useable imo - it's just a bit "blah" for me (neither love nor hate).

Mummacake · 07/03/2021 21:47

My Rachel is 12. There's 3 of them in her year group. It's a lovely name but wasn't on my radar at all until she was born!

bridgetreilly · 07/03/2021 22:33

Lovely.

Firebird83 · 08/03/2021 00:38

I know a 2 year old Rachel. It’s quite refreshing among all the Islas and Avas.

Nell96 · 08/03/2021 13:18

Not keen. Hard-sounding and, having grown up in the 80s, I know a lot of them. I'd put it in the same group as Sarah, Louise and Vicky.

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